Top 1200 Self Gratification Quotes & Sayings - Page 3

Christian giving is to be marked by self-sacrifice and self-forgetfuln ess, not by self-congratula tion.

If there is one thing that marks families with money in the long term it is this: delayed gratification.

His older self had taught his younger self a language which the older self knew because the younger self, after being taught, grew up to be the older self and was, therefore, capable of teaching.

Self-reverence, self-knowledge, self-control; these three alone lead life to sovereign power.

You are sexually pure when no sexual gratification comes from anyone or anything but your wife.

There's a reason why VOD is so popular. You don't have to wait. There's instant gratification.

In the end, we self-perceiving, self-inventing, locked-in mirages are little miracles of self-reference.

Self-observation brings man to the realization of the necessity of self-change. And in observing himself a man notices that self-observation itself brings about certain changes in his inner processes. He begins to understand that self-observation is an instrument of self-change, a means of awakening.

There is no second, or higher self to search for. You are the highest self, only give up the false ideas you have about your self.

Self-defence, self-confidence, discipline and self control. The values you learn are priceless.

The phrase, the world wants to be deceived, has become truer than had ever been intended. People are not only, as the saying goes, falling for the swindle; if it guarantees them even the most fleeting gratification they desire a deception which is nonetheless transparent to them. They force their eyes shut and voice approval, in a kind of self-loathing, for what is meted out to them, knowing fully the purpose for which it is manufactured. Without admitting it they sense that their lives would be completely intolerable as soon as they no longer clung to satisfactions which are none at all.

The search for total knowledge starts from the Self and finds its fulfillment in coming back to the Self, finding that everything is the expression of the Self - everything is the expression of my own Self.

I always return to Paris, taking my selves along - past self, customary self, the self I never had.

There is nothing capricious in nature and the implanting of a desire indicates that its gratification is in the constitution of the creature that feel it.

Let India become alive by self-purification, that is self-restraint and self-denial, and she will be a boon to herself and mankind.

As far as show business, it's the gratification of doing something that pleases the fans.

The system of nature, of which man is a part, tends to be self-balancing, self-adjusting, self-cleansing. Not so with technology.

Those who condemn the self-righteous for the sake of self-discovery do so with ironic self-righteousness.

Theater is like boxing - having the audience ringside. It's instant gratification. Or horrification.

Years of happiness can be lost in the foolish gratification of a momentary desire for pleasure.

The self forms at the edge of desire, and a science of self arises in the effort to leave that self behind.

The Senate is not the sort of place where instant gratification, I should say, is very likely.

If the heart be chiefly and directly fixed on God, and the soul engaged to glorify him, some degree of religious affection will be the effect and attendant of it. But to seek after affection directly and chiefly; to have the heart principally set upon that; is to place it in the room of God and his glory. If it be sought, that others may take notice of it, and admire us for our spirituality and forwardness in religion, it is then damnable pride; if for the sake of feeling the pleasure of being affected, it is then idolatry and self-gratification.

Put it down in capital letters: SELF-DEVELOPMENT IS A HIGHER DUTY THAN SELF-SACRIFICE. The thing that most retards and militates against women’s self development is self-sacrifice.

Gratitude is a divine attitude in the wisdom traditions. It takes you out from the ego self and takes you into the higher self. That higher state of consciousness initiates self repair, self regulation and healing.

Women in politics are more honest and forthright. We are not in it for the ego gratification.

Self-reverence, self-knowledge, self-control; these three alone lead one to sovereign power.

I've worked out for years. For a long time, it was my only sense of gratification.

Gratification and happiness are becoming important measures of our quality of life.

I'm not one of those people who needs that gratification of doing, like, 10 films a year.

Achievers don't submit to instant gratification; they INVEST in the LONG-TERM payoff

I mean, I get all the gratification in the world from doing a show. It's a great feeling.

Time management requires self-discipline, self-mastery and self-control more than anything else.

Writing is the perfect balance between self-confidence and self-doubt, with a bit of self-delusion thrown in.

The possession of land seems to be a greater gratification to the pride and independence of men.

The gratification comes, for me, in the doing of it. And once I've done it, I can't do anything about it if it's good or if it's bad.

Only make decisions that support your self-image, self-esteem, and self-worth.

The system of nature, of which man is a part, tends to be self-balancing, self-adjusting, self-cleansing. Not so with technology.

It's no accident that most of the great black spokespersons and leaders understood the centrality of self-affirmation, self-respect and self-love.

Clear communication between selves - the surface self and the deep self - is the enemy of self-doubt. It slays confusion.

There is a sort of gratification in doing good which makes us rejoice in ourselves.

The obsession with instant gratification blinds us from our long-term potential.

I think it's kind of nice, in this day and age of instant gratification, that you have to wait for something.

The desire to know a thing is heightened by its gratification being deferred.

Sexual gratification can only be achieved through the use of machines.

The "biggest" poems I ever made are based on the psychological principal of the "Johari Window:" what the self freely shares with others; what the self hides from others; what others hide from the self; and what is unknown to the self and others.

Is it not demonstrated that a true flying machine, self-raising, self-sustaining, self-propelling, is physically impossible?

Since I've started fighting it has taught me a lot about self respect, self confidence and self control.

The self of which you speak, whether it is the great self or the small self, is only a concept that does not correspond to any reality.

Too old to plant trees for my own gratification, I shall do it for my posterity.

A Mother who radiates self-love and self-acceptance actually VACCINATES her daughter against low self-esteem.

I think self-reliance and self-responsibility and self-accountability will help you as a parent, a teacher, as a citizen as a friend.

The idea, the pattern, is self-projected; it is a form of self-worship, of self-perpetuation, and hence gratifying.

When you are free of your self in your heart, your labouring within your self is therapeutic to your self. It is a constant blend into your self of what your own Being is. The movement of love, enjoying being at work in the self. The movement of love, enjoying making a change in your self. The enjoyment of application.

Appearance is the most public part of the self. It is our sacrament, the visible self that the world assumes to be a mirror of the invisible, inner self.

The aim of law is the maximum gratification of the nervous system of man.

Racing is a passion...at this level, a source of immense gratification. So the rest is no problem.

Attraction and aversion create a sense of self. There is no self. They are just thoughts. They are insubstantial. When you die, all the ideas of self will go away.

It is of the nature of desire not to be satisfied, and most men live only for the gratification of it.

In our age, self-indulgence and self-destruction, rather than self-sacrifice, are the foundations for new heroic myths.