I came running down the stairs that morning, like it was Christmas. My parents were already up. In my family, presents never waited; they were there upon waking. Our family has a problem with what they called delayed gratification. We want what we want when we want it, and we always want it now.

Only through delayed gratification could you be able to come up with other virtues, character, trait that will really qualify you to call yourself a human being.

It's through delayed gratification that patience comes.

Remember how it feels, Silent One. That murderous rage, and how it makes your blood boil. Remember, and let it carry you the rest of the way—only, learn to freeze it, as well, because the best killers are those who can put their desires on ice.

Delaying gratification is a process of scheduling the pain and pleasure of life in such a way as to enhance the 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.

Delay gratification is what will give us patience and long suffering.

Success awaits those who steadfastly commit to any requisite sacrifice.

Delayed gratification is a major virtue that is missing from our society.

Delayed gratification hints that something terrible is going to happen, and then delays the resolution. It’s that interval between the promise of something awful and it actually happening, where suspense resides.

Without delayed gratification, there is no endurance.