In societies where one sees a higher prevalence of 'modern values' - individualism, vitalism and self-expression - there's also higher reported job satisfaction.
Given the choice between instant gratification and the lasting satisfaction of earning the esteem of someone you respect and admire, all but the most small-minded would choose the latter.
We believe that civilization has been created under the pressure of the exigencies of life at the cost of satisfaction of the instincts.
I daresay one good concert justifies a week of satisfaction at home.
In short, the satisfaction of creating, not necessarily the process, always lifts my heart.
Enjoy the satisfaction that comes from doing little things well.
When I started out in 1960, I thought it might possibly last a couple of years. I never expected it to last 42. I take great satisfaction in that longevity.
I proved to my own satisfaction that I am madder than I think.
There are people out there who want to provoke me and bring back the old Mary but I'm not giving them the satisfaction.
When I read 'Paradise Lost,' or 'Richard III,' it is clear that Milton and Shakespeare took real pleasure and satisfaction from creating these epitomes of evil.
Life satisfaction essentially measures cheerful moods, so it is not entitled to a central place in any theory that aims to be more than a happiology.
The job satisfaction that an opener gets no other batsman gets.
I know most people don't like their jobs very much and don't get a lot of personal satisfaction from their jobs. That's something that I really do get a lot of.
I've found that most successful people do things because they get personal satisfaction from the work that they do.
There's always a little bit of personal satisfaction when you prove somebody wrong.
You can't make a film for your personal satisfaction. That is why I detest the cinema of people like Mani Kaul.
I do big films just to experience personal satisfaction.
I guess it is the sense of personal satisfaction that racing gives you that I am probably going to miss, because in racing you get that feedback very quickly.
One never knows whether people have principles on principle or whether for their own personal satisfaction.
I do theatre for my personal satisfaction and enjoyment.
