Douglas Adams Quotes

I never enjoyed life in my twenties, not one minute of it. It was a test of endurance that I'm surprised I survived. Professionally, of course, I was doing very well but personally it couldn't have been worse or more difficult for me if I'd been living in a mud hut in Leeds.

To me, it's like happiness is about happiness, but happiness is a fight.

I can't please everyone. I am trying not to let the pressure consume me.

Theres nothing more depressing than having everything and still feeling sad. We must learn to water our spiritual garden.

Only you can take responsibility for your happiness..but you can't do it alone. It's the great paradox of being human.

Only it takes time to be happy. A lot of time. Happiness, too, is a long patience.

The insanity has to stop...It affects each and every one of us, in multiple and nefarious ways: our self-image, how we show up in our relationships and at work, our sense of our worth, value, and potential as human beings. Join in-and help change-the Conversation.

If you have something to get off of your chest, there is a proper way to do it. Everybody has a bad day, and, for some people, you're under a microscope and you have to deal with the consequences of having a bad day in front of people. But everyone has them.

Unhappiness lies in that gap between our talents and our expectations.

She was becoming sad. There is no joy involved in following others' expectations of yourself

One could be happy not only without love, but despite it.

When I hit my thirties, that's when I calmed down and I wasn't so tough on myself. I wasn't doing the yo-yo dieting any more. I gave myself a break. I think that, if you're more accepting of yourself, you're more free and open and can just allow more people in.

I think I'm well on the way of overcoming a very big hurdle that's been in my way for several years. Which is trying to find a way to not let the insecurity of my profession get the better of me and make me crazy. I'm trying to find a way to maintain my own personal balance in the midst of everything.

I still have highs and lows, maybe I don't cry salty tears as much.

This gives us more time to attend the inner need.

Because I'm no longer a pop star 24 hours a day, I'm no longer bogged down by the stupid stuff that used to cripple me. I don't bruise easily any more.

I'm like anybody else. You get enough, you can get beat up. You can get hurt. You can get frustrated. You can get demoralized.

I'm just not in a place in my life where I worry about something unnecessarily.

My therapy has come from paying attention to my life.

There's always going to be people saying negative and positive things. If you let all that into you, and you're always contemplating that and thinking about that, I'm sure that can get to you. I try not to do that.

I get frustrated but never depressed.

A few years ago, I would let it get to me. But now, as long as my mum and my sister and my kids don't have any stress, I'm good.

The haters out there, I don't really pay attention to them, because I feel like I'm doing the best I can, and I just don't want that negativity into my heart and into my mind.

Personally, I know how challenging it can be to find free time in today's uber-busy, espresso-chugging world to tend to our spirits, to nourish our souls.

Everyone has ups and downs. You can't always get exciting roles.