Quotes About Contentment

It would be nice to say I won seven world titles, yet I want a good life as well while I play.

To be nominated was enough, but when I won I the Tony I just felt relief.

When you have won everything in your career, what's left? Why go on?

I don't wake up every day and think about which tournaments I won and which titles I hold. It's something I don't care about.

When my husband won the Palme d'Or in 2002, I wore the same dress two days in a row. My daughter said, 'Mom! Did you sleep in your dress?' But I think it's cool to wear the same thing. I have to feel comfortable.

I was perfectly content before I was born, and I think of death as the same state. What I am grateful for is the gift of intelligence, and for life, love, wonder, and laughter. You can't say it wasn't interesting. My lifetime's memories are what I have brought home from the trip.

I consciously try to end my novels at a point where I won't have to wonder about my characters ever again.

Being hummed at by someone with magic hands while they knead your neck is good for the soul, but it won't make you giggle for days afterwards. In fact, the second the smiley therapist stops and says, 'You can put your robe on now, the hour is up,' the joy and wonder sort of leaves the room.

Sometimes I wonder why I'm not working at McDonald's and how come I have the life I have. I don't know. But I'm happy that I have these choices. That's kinda sappy, huh? But whatever, acting beats pumping gas.

I'm tired of playing people who are complete washouts and bums. I don't mind waiting for the good ones to come along. It's like age. It's never bothered me. I've even forgot my birthday. Many times I've wondered if I should tell my real age, but now I think it's an honor, to be doing what I'm doing now at my age.

Everyone has wondered if his or her life will ultimately be a happy one.

I've got every possible thing I could want. And I wondered, 'Why am I so depressed?' I still don't know sometimes.

We should purify our innate well of contentment - what a wonderful expression - and then external things will be in harmony with us.

I'm happy to be busy. I'm happy to have a wonderful family.

It's wonderful to be grateful. To have that gratitude well out from deep within you and pour out in waves. Once you truly experience this, you will never want to give it up.

My love life is wonderful.

It's been a wonderful career, I couldn't ask for anything more.

Happy Days was a wonderful, wonderful experience and I would not have traded it for the world.

There is a wonderful feeling of power when you're a director, but I don't think I need that, and I'm OK without it.

Every job is different. I don't think that I've ever had that wonderful feeling when you've finished a job or where you feel like you've mastered it or sort of nailed it... You can never be satisfied. If you're satisfied, it's time to retire.

It has been a wonderful life for me. It's just been a blessing. I can't say I would have done it any other way. I have no regrets. I like what I do.

I have always done things that made me happy. I work with people I like, and I do the job I like. I only see people who I like to be with. I have led a wonderful life.

I'm an eternal optimist. I've no regrets. I've people who love me. I've a wonderful life. I'm grateful for what I have.

When I'm in Portland, I meet people who are hairdressers, they have a wonderful life, they go on hikes and do loads of things. Their career is just the thing they do to pay the bills. They enjoy it, but it's not this huge, continuous journey of trying to make it. And I'm attracted to that lifestyle, of just having a nice life.