The gratification comes in the doing, not in the results.
James Dean

The gratification of wealth is not found in mere possession or in lavish expenditure, but in its wise application.
Miguel de Cervantes

The only sensible ends of literature are, first, the pleasurable toil of writing; second, the gratification of one's family and friends; and lastly, the solid cash.
Nathaniel Hawthorne

The possession of land seems to be a greater gratification to the pride and independence of men.
George Richards Minot

The public is usually slow to catch on to new things, and it's important that musicians stick to their guns and not look for that instant gratification.
Greg Ginn

The same practice was continued every evening through the whole course, and with the same success. Many individuals expressed their gratification at having discovered such simple means of relieving the tedium of a long discourse.
George Combe

Theatre is immediate gratification.
Chita Rivera

There is a sort of gratification in doing good which makes us rejoice in ourselves.
Michel de Montaigne