“I fail to see what fun, what satisfaction / A God can find in laughing at how badly / Men fumble at the possibilities.” MenFunLaughingFailingPossibilitySatisfaction Book:Selected poems Source: Selected poems
“Although the poet has as wide a choice of subjects as the painter, his creations fail to afford as much satisfaction to mankind as do paintings... if the poet serves the understanding by way of the ear, the painter does so by the eye, which is the nobler sense.” IfsWayDoeEyeChoicesUnderstandingFailingSubjectsMankindCreationPaintingPoetEarsSatisfactionWidePainter Author:Leonardo da Vinci
“To experience the satisfaction and enjoyment of success in life, a definitive goal is essential. Many people fail at this vital point. The goal must be definite and specific, not in any sense vague or fuzzy. And to prove attainable, its image needs to be sharpened and resharpened continually, so that it stands out vividly in your thoughts. You must know, at all times, precisely and for certain what it is you want to accomplish and achieve. Strong and organized purposefulness toward a definite objective will focus your powers into a strong motivation in attainment of your goal.” PeopleKnowsWantNeedsMotivationCertainStrongGoalFocusFailingAchieveProveEssentialsSatisfactionAccomplishObjectivesAll TimeEnjoymentOrganizedSuccess In LifeDefiniteVagueStanding OutAttainmentFuzzyPurposefulness Book:Norman Vincent Peale's treasury of courage and confidence Source: Norman Vincent Peale's treasury of courage and confidence
“Unsociable humors are contracted in solitude, which will, in the end, not fail of corrupting the understanding as well as the manners, and of utterly disqualifying a man for the satisfactions and duties of life. Men must be taken as they are, and we neither make them or ourselves better by flying from or quarreling with them.” MenWellsEndsUnderstandingTakenFailingHe ManDutySolitudeSatisfactionFlyingManners Author:Edmund Burke
“There is no lighter burden, nor more agreeable, than a pen. Other pleasures fail us or wound us while they charm, but the pen we take up rejoicing and lay down with satisfaction, for it has the power to advantage not only its lord and master, but many others as well, even though they be far away - sometimes, indeed, though they be not born for thousands of years to come.” YearsWellsSometimesBornPleasureLordFailingMastersAdvantageLaysSatisfactionBurdenWoundsCharmPensRejoiceFar AwayLighters Author:Petrarch
“William James once made an acute point about the relationship between happiness and expectation. He argued that satisfaction with ourselves does not require us to succeed in every endeavour. We are not always humiliated by failing; we are humiliated only if we first invest our pride and sense of worth in a given achievement and then do not reach it.” IfsFirstsDoeMadeGivenFailingPrideSucceedAchievementExpectationsSatisfactionEndeavourHumiliated Author:Alain de Botton