Quotes About Contentment

When is enough enough? In envy's eyes, enough never is. Somebody else always has something we want.

My life here is perfect and I'm happy at Real Madrid so, of course, I want to stay as long as I can.

Buddhism itself is all about empowering yourself, not about getting what you want.

The avarice person is ever in want; let your desired aim have a fixed limit.

I never met a rich man who was happy, but I have only very occasionally met a poor man who did not want to become a rich man.

Enjoy all you have while pursuing all you want.

The more we deny ourselves, the more the gods supply our wants. [Lat., Quanto quisque sibi plura negaverit, A dis plura feret.]

That is true plenty, not to have, but not to want riches.

There are three wants which never can be satisfied: that of the rich, who wants something more; that of the sick, who wants something different; and that of the traveler, who says anywhere but here.

The most important thing is to be happy and true to yourself. I don't want to look back at this in 30 years from now and say, 'I did it all to make them happy and I didn't enjoy.'

A dog doesn't want very much and is happy with that. A cat doesn't know what he wants and wants more of it.

Have the # life you want by being fully present to the life you have.

Sometimes it would be nice to just have some red wine with dinner, but it's not worth the risk. I have a great life, a great situation. Why would I want to risk self-destructive behaviour?

Most people want to get what they want, whereas the secret is to want what you get at this moment.

It is sheer madness to live in want in order to be wealthy when you die.

Money makes up in a measure all other wants in men.

Because when the world quiets to the sound of your own breathing, we all want the same things: comfort, love, and a peaceful heart.

Just be nice to me while I am doing the scene; that is all. I don't want big cars, I don't want big hotel rooms.

I own more shotguns than I need. But less shotguns than I want.

What people need and what they want may be very different.

that's what everybody wants, just a little more money, even the people who have it.

I'm the luckiest guy in the world. I wake up every day just fired up. My one rule is, don't let anyone pinch me, because I don't want to wake up.

You can never get enough of what you don't want.

A forty and a blunt, that's all she really wants.