Quotes About Happiness

I have come a long way and learnt a lot. I read this quote about a year ago: 'Happiness must not be pursued; it must ensue.' It's made me realise that just being married again or something like that won't make me happy; the happiness ensues from how we live our lives.

When you realise that money doesn't actually make you happy, it's a quick fix to have things you've always wanted, but then when you have it, you realise that's not what actually makes you happy. It's more about having a great marriage and happy children; that's what life's all about.

When I was at drama school, people weren't taking pictures of themselves every five minutes. So I didn't realise how I looked. It was only when people started taking pictures of themselves that I looked at myself and thought: 'Oh my God, I look really miserable.' Even when I'm happy I look sad.

I realised that you can go through times of extreme happiness, but if that happiness is not coming from a deeply rooted place, you will also be going through extreme lows of sadness.

I realised how big the Galatasaray community is after arriving at the airport. I am very happy and proud that I will play for such a big club.

I was on paper earning more money and having more success than I'd ever had. And it was also the most miserable I've ever been. When those things collided, I realised something was off. That's when I started poking around to figure out what was wrong.

I've realised I can be happy.

I was looking for something to make me happy, and once I realised what I actually had, then I found success.

I know conventional wisdom has always been to go to Europe, and I did that early on, and I tried it, but I realised pretty quickly if I wasn't playing, nothing else mattered - I wasn't going to be happy.

I realised success as an actor alone wouldn't make me happy. I needed to explore my spiritual side in more depth.

What I've realised is that I'm happiest when I'm at work, as I am always preparing myself for when the opportunity arises.

One of the things I noticed in my career that gave me a lot of happiness early on was realising we don't have any control.

I'm in the game of realism so happy endings probably feel a little bit too neat for life.

I try not to miss anything because of work. And I didn't want to have to say that, because that doesn't sound realistic. But it is. Family has to come first. It has to. Especially for a mom. Because if your family's happy, you can do your job.

I mean, I can actually say goodbye to the game of golf, never hit another golf shot the rest of my life and I'd be happy because I can get back in life without any rotation.

I'm always thinking, 'My goodness, I got booked again!' So I am really happy to still be working.

There are days when I will be like, 'Oh my goodness, I am not happy with the way I look because I cannot fit into any of my clothes.' So I eat quinoa that week, and then I feel good.

My wife is gorgeous and brilliant, and my son True is my best little buddy in the world.

You've got to live your life, you've got to enjoy it.

If you've got love you've got life, if you can love you can live.

You've gotta do what you like to do. If you do things you don't like to do, what sense does it make?

I gotta do what make me happy.

I love music so much. I've got something going all the time. I've gotta be singing. I've gotta be creating music, or I'm not happy.

I gotta say, as the father of two beautiful young daughters, I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of the earth.