Quotes About Contentment

The biggest misconception about me is that people seem to think that I want it all and that I had it all, and I walked away from having it all. That was never part of it. I never wanted it all.

We shall not be happy unless we live like good animals, unless we enjoy the exercise of the ordinary functions of life: eating, sleeping, loving, walking, running, swimming, riding, sailing.

I'd been virtually doing nothing in the country in 16 years of being a retired lady. Being busy walking my dogs - actually not doing anything very constructive. I made one little solo album in my garage.

I'm quite a simple person really; I love pottering about, walking and swimming.

I've never been a popular person, but it doesn't matter. I have everything in my life that I want. I'm not a walking publicity stunt. I'm not an anarchist, or bitter. I'm not trying to be subversive. I just try to remain unguarded, unprotected by fear, and agents and publicists, and I feel comfortable that way.

I spend my nights just sitting and reading a book and drinking my tea and walking my dog. That's about as exciting as my life gets.

My grandad was the most wonderful man. He was a bit like me. He was basically a country bumpkin but he did well; he became managing director of quite a successful company but all he really wanted to do was to come home, put his disgusting old trampy clothes on and go for walks across the country.

Not having a car gives me volumes not to think or worry about, and makes walks around the neighborhood a daily adventure.

The hope is that you're never pigeonholed, but at the same time I would have been content being a guy in the sitcom who walks in and has crumbs on his chest and goes, 'Where's the doughnuts?' I would have been fine with that. It's an honor to get paid to make people laugh on a sitcom.

I don't need material things like gold and platinum records on my wall, Grammys or Hall Of Fame nods.

I'm going to go out and do the best I can do. If it revolutionizes the game, it revolutionizes the game. If I don't, and I become a bench player, and that's the best that I'm ever going to be, as long as I'm giving my best, I'll be content with that.

Listen - in life, if you can go into work and spend the day with Halle Berry, you're doing alright.

I am not the best. I don't have to be. I am enough.

I'm happy, I feel I've married my best friend.

Being married to your best friend, that's happiness.

The best way of enjoying your money is to spend it on other people. I don't need much.

Statistically, I've done my best work at FC Bayern. I just feel really good here.

I think that I do my best work when I'm most comfortable.

I mean, I couldn't ask for a better life, man.

I wish other people could be happy in what they do. The world would be a better place.

I had my crisis at 30. I was actually really comfortable with 40. Life was in a better place.

The world would be a much better place if everyone was doing what they wanted to do.

I couldn't ever be a better player than I was in 1988.

I say to myself: 'Come on, Betty, you can't have everything in life. You've been very lucky.'