“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

“True love is finding your soulmate in your best friend.” — Faye Hall, My Gift to You

“Maybe our girlfriends are our soulmates and guys are just people to have fun with.” — Candace Bushnell, Sex and the City

“I happen to believe your soulmate doesn’t have to be your partner—your soulmate could be your best friend, your sibling, it doesn’t have to be the person you marry.” — Cheryl Cole

“In your lifetime, you will meet one person who is unlike any other, you can tell them any and everything and they won’t judge you…this person is your soulmate, your best friend… don’t ever let them go…” — Rashida Rowe