Quote of the Day
Authors Categories Blog Quote Maker Videos
 

Sigmund Freud Quotes: Maturity is the ability to postpone gratification.
         

Maturity is the ability to postpone gratification.


Sigmund Freud
Check all other quotes by Sigmund Freud

Want to display this quote image on your website or blog? Simply copy and paste the below code on your website/blog.

Embed:

Format of this image is jpg. The width and height of image are 1200 and 630, repectively. This image is available for free to download.





Citation

Use the citation below to add this quote to your bibliography:


Styles:

×

MLA Style Citation


"Sigmund Freud Quotes." Quoteslyfe.com, 2024. Wed. 25 Dec. 2024. <https://www.quoteslyfe.com/quote/Maturity-is-the-ability-to-postpone-gratification-1061277>.





Check out


Other quotes of Sigmund Freud


Being entirely honest with oneself is a good exercise.

Being entirely honest with oneself is a good exercise.



Unexpressed emotions will never die. They are buried alive and will come forth later in uglier ways.

Unexpressed emotions will never die. They are buried alive and will come forth later in uglier ways.



We choose not randomly each other. We meet only those who already exists in our subconscious.

We choose not randomly each other. We meet only those who already exists in our subconscious.



One day, in retrospect, the years of struggle will strike you as the most beautiful.

One day, in retrospect, the years of struggle will strike you as the most beautiful.



Most people do not really want freedom, because freedom involves responsibility, and most people are frightened of responsibility.

Most people do not really want freedom, because freedom involves responsibility, and most people are frightened of responsibility.



The great question that has never been answered, and which I have not yet been able to answer, despite my thirty years of research into the feminine soul, is 'What does a woman want?'

The great question that has never been answered, and which I have not yet been able to answer, despite my thirty years of research into the feminine soul, is 'What does a woman want?'



In the small matters trust the mind, in the large ones the heart.

In the small matters trust the mind, in the large ones the heart.



The mind is like an iceberg, it floats with one-seventh of its bulk above water.

The mind is like an iceberg, it floats with one-seventh of its bulk above water.



We are what we are because we have been what we have been.

We are what we are because we have been what we have been.



I prefer the company of animals more than the company of humans. Certainly, a wild animal is cruel. But to be merciless is the privilege of civilized humans.

I prefer the company of animals more than the company of humans. Certainly, a wild animal is cruel. But to be merciless is the privilege of civilized humans.





Other quotes you may like


Many a humble soul will be amazed to find that the seed it sowed in weakness in the dust of daily life has blossomed into immortal flowers under the eye of the Lord.

Many a humble soul will be amazed to find that the seed it sowed in weakness in the dust of daily life has blossomed into immortal flowers under the eye of the Lord.



Being followed is weird, that people want to discuss where I ate lunch or what I wear when I go to lunch... the private life is just gone.

Being followed is weird, that people want to discuss where I ate lunch or what I wear when I go to lunch... the private life is just gone.



Why are we rebuilding New Orleans? Whose idea was this, Aquaman?

Why are we rebuilding New Orleans? Whose idea was this, Aquaman?



Anytime my work can coax bodily fluids out of someone, I'm happy.

Anytime my work can coax bodily fluids out of someone, I'm happy.



I'm not in the habit of having my photo snapped on some pretty young thing's arm. I avoid pictures because they serve no purpose, except to point out each new line, which is very meaningless.

I'm not in the habit of having my photo snapped on some pretty young thing's arm. I avoid pictures because they serve no purpose, except to point out each new line, which is very meaningless.



Only 50 years ago persons with intellectual disabilities were scorned, isolated and neglected. Today, they are able to attend school, become employed and assimilate into their local community.

Only 50 years ago persons with intellectual disabilities were scorned, isolated and neglected. Today, they are able to attend school, become employed and assimilate into their local community.



We are the Draft Beer Preservation Society.

We are the Draft Beer Preservation Society.



A lot of people when they try to sing Skid Row songs, they're screaming and yelling too much. It's more singing than screaming.

A lot of people when they try to sing Skid Row songs, they're screaming and yelling too much. It's more singing than screaming.



By honoring the lives of those we admire, we make our own values known.

By honoring the lives of those we admire, we make our own values known.



It's just that the longer I fish, the more I long for simplification and lightness.

It's just that the longer I fish, the more I long for simplification and lightness.




Quote Description


This page presents the quote "Maturity is the ability to postpone gratification.". Author of this quote is Sigmund Freud. This quote is about mature, ability, psychology, maturity, gratification,.