Abraham Lincoln

Every man is said to have his peculiar ambition. Whether it be true or not, I can say, for one, that I have no other so great as that of being truly esteemed of my fellow-men, by rendering myself worthy of their esteem. How far I shall succeed in gratifying this ambition is yet to be developed.

American President

Freddy Rodriguez

I came from the stage so it was a different kind of acting, or a different arena of acting, and I just loved to do it as a kid. It's really gratifying to get to create these different characters and to get to create different voices and to get to wear different clothes.

American Actor

Oscar Wilde

In judging of a beautiful statue, the aesthetic faculty is absolutely and completely gratified by the splendid curves of those marble lips that are dumb to our complaint, the noble modelling of those limbs that are powerless to help us.

Irish Poet

Finneas

Obviously I'm very grateful 'Bad Guy' is doing so well - it's shocking and surprising and gratifying - but I do think it's important to try to make the next song that people are gonna be excited about.

American Musician

Henry Mancini

The most immediately gratifying thing about my work is conducting a large orchestra. But the long range payoff is composing because you've written something and it's there forever.

American Composer

Frederick Law Olmsted

With regard to the moral and religious condition of the slaves, I cannot, either from what I observe, or from what is told me, consider it in any way gratifying.

American Architect

Gurpreet Ghuggi

It's a gratifying feeling to be in the middle of so many people, speak to them on different issues, meet people from all walks of life in panchayats.

Indian Actor

Evgeny Morozov

A faithful lifehacker would use technology to avoid dead time and move on to the entertaining, more gratifying activities as soon as possible.

Belarusian Writer

Mark Twain

I was gratified to be able to answer promptly, and I did. I said I didn't know.

American Writer

Craig Robinson

That's the most gratifying thing in the world, helping each other.

Use 'gratify' when someone's happy because of what you've done.

Positive Feeling

It's often used when someone feels rewarded after an achievement.

Achievement Reaction

Gratify can imply deep, heartfelt satisfaction, not just casual happiness.

Emotional Depth

Use it when a desire or need is fully satisfied, leaving no room for more.

Complete Satisfaction

Suggests giving in to a desire, often more than necessary.

Indulgence

Often associated with something awaited for a long time.

Long-awaited

 and it brought my family a lot of peace. And second is if you work with human tissue and you wonder about the donor and about the family, write them a letter. Tell them you received it, tell them what you're working on, and invite them to visit your lab, because that visit may be even more gratifying for you than it is for them.

How my son's short life...

 I wrote this after a friend's funeral, but not so much about the friend as something the eulogist kept saying, as all eulogists tend to do, which is how happy the deceased would be to look down and see all of us assembled. And that to me was a bad start to the afterlife, having to witness your own funeral and feel gratified.

Billy Collins: Everyday...

 was at the top of our list. GIGI The thing that has been so gratifying to watch in Geoffrey's performance of Einstein is the different shadings that he brings to the character-- A lot to consider, I know. GIGI --and the mischievous, humorous side of Einstein without-- I know.

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 I mean, to me, this was it. Life could not get any better. Sweating it out, shooting surfers in these exotic tourist destinations. But there was just this one problem. You see, the more time I spent traveling to these exotic locations, the less gratifying it seemed to be.

Chris Burkard: The joy...

 and undefined pictographic glyphs. Now this was a really exciting experience for me. It was gratifying musically, but I think the more important thing is it was exciting because I got to take on another role, especially given that it appeared in a museum,

The mad scientist of...

 and tackled life's biggest questions together. The result was that the kids really bought into the notion that they were accountable for achieving these college degrees. It was so gratifying to see the kids calling each other and texting each other

How we can help the...

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 What if I could fly? What if I could live forever? What if I could be invisible? What if I could lift a tank? For ages, people have craved for answers to these questions, and what unbelievably gratifying way

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 Yeah, I know, the parents in there are worried about it, but it's a good thing! Experimenting is good, and actually I found it extremely gratifying, and I think hopefully it was very life-enriching for them.

How to spark your...

 us and decided to donate 500 copies of our books to libraries in her state because for one reason she wanted to support a female owned business I could tell you about how gratifying it is now

Gratify

To make someone feel happy or satisfied.

Often appears as...

To satisfy a desire or an appetite to the full.

Often appears as...

Positive Feeling

Achievement Reaction

Emotional Depth

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