Quotes About Contentment

My mom is very structured. She gets up, she does her prayers, and she eats her oatmeal with blueberries and Greek yogurt, and she has her prayer list, and she doesn't worry too much about things.

My recipe for bliss on a Friday night consists of a 'New York Times' crossword puzzle and a new episode of 'Homicide;' Saturdays and Sundays are oriented around walks in the woods with the dog, human companion in tow some of the time but not always.

I didn't expect to pursue acting at all, let alone TV and film, let alone New York or L.A. I was quite content doing Shakespeare out in Wisconsin.

I still live in the same town in Yorkshire where I've always lived.

If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.

May you live as long as you want and not want as long as you live.

It's really not about what you have. It's about how you're able to enjoy life in general.

You never know God is all you need until God is all you have.

If you are in a beautiful place where you can enjoy sunrise and sunset, then you are living like a lord.

When you're young, the temptation is maybe to think, 'More is more.' But a lot of the time less is more.

I'm happy, and I think being happy keeps you looking young.

It's like, God, I'm in my 80s. Nobody, when I die, is going to say, 'How young?' They're going to say she had a great ride.

Unlike young actors, I don't feel unfulfilled. I've had my successes. I don't have to worry that I won't have time for other things.

You are neither better nor worse than anyone else. I learned at a young age how to maintain this balance.

From a young age, I was never into going out and partying.

I'm doing what I wanted to do since I was a young girl. I pinch myself every day to make sure it's true.

I've been with this young lady for about two years now, and my life changed. I don't even think that way no more. I feel good, too, that I'm changed. Now I feel regular. I feel like I'm supposed to.

I've been very lucky to have achieved a lot of the things that I dreamt of achieving as a young man. But, at the end of the day - and I truly believe this - it is not about achieving great wealth or success. Because they don't bring happiness, ultimately.

I feel lucky that I had my children late. Not that I would advise it in any shape or form. But I know friends who had children when they were young, struggled with feeling trapped. I can honestly say I've never once resented the fact that I couldn't go out because of my kids.

Some stuff I don't even put out. I'll just be home, happy, creating something for myself, and then ball it up and throw it in the trash. It's less about trying to prove something or get on somebody's list or make a fan happy or make a hater mad or convert a non-believer. That's not the case for me anymore.

I'm a trash can. I eat whatever makes me happy.

I'm such a girl for the living room. I really like to stay in my nest and not move. I travel in my mind, and that that's a rigorous state of journeying for me. My body isn't that interested in moving from place to place.

Racing is my passion and I've been able to have a good life anyway. I've been able to travel the world, so I'm not complaining.

I'm pretty low-key. I travel fairly light, especially on the tour.