Greg Gutfeld Quotes

Who will in time present pleasure refrain, shall in time to come the more pleasure obtain.

The sacrifice of pleasures is of course itself a pleasure.

Waiting is not always a bad thing; it can bring its own joy -the thrill of anticipation.

Happiness can be defined, in part at least, as the fruit of the desire and ability to sacrifice what we want now for what we want eventually.

Your patience will be rewarded.

It means being able to resist the urge for immediate gratification and opt for the course of action that will pay off later.

Longing and desire goes further than instant satisfaction. That's human nature.

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

Now, I'm the most impatient person that ever walked the planet. However: for the best, you always wait.

Having patience is one of the hardest things about being human. We want to do it now, and we don't want to wait. Sometimes we miss out on our blessing when we rush things and do it on our own time.

We are prone to seek immediate pleasure or good, however small, rather than remote pleasure or good, however vast.

Self-control is one of the most exhilarating of pleasures.

Romance says, ' I want it now!'. Wisdom urges patience

Experience has further taught me this, that we ruin ourselves by impatience.

To abstain from the enjoyment which is in our power, or to seek distant rather than immediate results, are among the most painful exertions of the human will.

There is no fulfillment that is not made sweeter for the prolonging of desire

Being willing to delay pleasure for a greater result is a sign of maturity.

One definition of maturity is learning to delay pleasure.

The major lesson Tiggers need to learn is that if they don't control their impulses, their impulses will control them. No matter how much they do, Tiggers are never satisfied because they don't know the feeling of accomplishment that eventually comes when one persistently applies one's will to the attaining of non-immediately-reachable goals.

America's greatest sin is the refusal to delay gratification.

Pleasure is like a cordial - a little of it is not injurious, but too much destroys.

We must be careful not to let our current appetites steal away any chance we might have for a future feast

No profit grows where no pleasure is taken.

You just got to be #patient, be focused, you know there are lots of distractions out there.

The use of self control is like the use of brakes on train. It is useful when you find yourself in wrong direction but merely harmful when the direction is right