Quotes About Contentment

I never want to be anything more than I am; what I don't have, I don't need.

I have far less than what people think, but far more than I need.

I'd got into the habit of needing that security, love, and acceptance from a guy to make me happy.

I know I love going to my gym - I have a whole list of things I love to do by myself without needing someone else to make me happy.

Happiness needs one-upmanship.

I don't care about having a fancy car. I don't have a lot of the wants and needs that a lot of people have where I would need to make a $1 million a fight.

My friends tell me that I've calmed down, that I seem more centered. I don't know, I think my inner self was more hollow before, which made me more scattered, and more needy to get laughs.

I don't want anything negative in my life, like hate, comparison, competition, and jealousy. I think these things are very heavy and take away from you the way of enjoying life.

Whenever you're feeling grateful, you are not feeling frustrated and angry and all those negative states that we go into. And that's a big benefit in and of itself.

I don't have famous neighbours and if I did, I'd avoid them. I don't live the jet-set.

My brother and I laughed a lot as kids. We came up in the middle of the Depression, and neither one of us knew we were poor. We had nothing, but we didn't know it.

I'm not a party person. I'm a nerd. I'm not an extrovert in that way at all. The things I enjoy doing could be boring to somebody else.

Money does not make you happy but it quiets the nerves.

I've always been full of nervous energy, but I'm not really as happy as I seem.

I have a nest egg, and I don't buy above my means.

I don't calculate my net worth.

I'm no wealthier than Bibi Netanyahu or Arik Sharon. I don't feel that I'm more hedonistic than Ehud Olmert, or Yitzhak Rabin or Shimon Peres.

I exited Netflix on wonderful terms, but I don't think I was totally at peace.

'The Social Network' was probably one of the two or three things I've done in my life that I'm most proud of. I'm not going to engage in what about it was disappointing. There's nothing about it I was disappointed in.

I'm very content with my work, and I never complain.

I can never complain about the situation that I'm in. I try to put everything into perspective.

I have my animals, we have the greatest life and I don't see us having children - never say never - but I really don't see it.

I never take my things for granted, or the things I've been granted will get taken away.

I will never take any work or shopping for granted.