Tag: Gratitude Quotes

“Keep away from people who belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.” – Mark Twain

“If you don’t want to be average, don’t rush into doing what the crowd is doing” – C.C. Friday

“Self-discipline is often disguised as short-term pain, which often leads to long-term gains. The mistake many of us make is the need and want for short-term gains (immediate gratification), which often leads to long-term pain.” – Charles F. Glassman

“The harder it was to get, the more you want to keep it.” ― Jay Mark Mateo Balmes 

“Delaying gratification is a process of scheduling the pain and pleasure of life in such a way as to enhance the pleasure by meeting and experiencing the pain first and getting it over with. It is the only decent way to live.” – M. Scott Peck

“Don’t give up what you want most for what you want now.” – Richard G. Scott

“The ability to discipline yourself to delay gratification in the short term in order to enjoy greater rewards in the long term is the indispensable prerequisite for success.” – Brian Tracy

“Thank God that what we used to be isn’t what we always have to be. We may be shaped by our past, but we aren’t held in bondage to it.” – Ginger Kolbaba, Your Best Happily Ever After

“You must become comfortable with who you are before you can focus on others.” – J.R. Parrish, You Don’t Have To Learn The Hard Way

“You may be surprised to learn that you already possess what other people desperately want.” – J.R. Parrish