Jim Irsay Quotes

It is neither wealth nor splendor; but tranquility and occupation which give you happiness.

I'm looking forward to becoming older and quieter.

Chaos is the first condition. Order is the first law. Continuity is the first reflection. Quietude is the first happiness.

Peace is its own reward.

The happiest women, like the happiest nations, have no history.

The best way to explain it is that I'm not yearning anymore, on or off the course. I appreciate what I have. I feel like I'm blessed.

The biggest thing as I have gotten older is the calmness that's come over me.

I am very willing to share whatever I know or feel I know about finding some serenity in this lifetime.

I take it that what all men are really after is some form or perhaps only some formula of peace.

I am calm most of the time.

I'm content with life, and I'm finally at that place where I feel relaxed and can really enjoy what's going on around me.

Happiness is the harvest of a quiet eye.

Ah, sweet Content, where doth thine harbour hold.

I've gotten to a place where I really am just settled. Really.

I like having peace and quiet in my life, and I am perfectly happy in my relationships.

I just focus on working hard and play with serenity.

As I grow older, I hope I can fully embody my grandmother's remarkable peace.

In this life, we are in a constant search for inner peace. We long for it in all aspects of our lives, both personally and professionally. The truth is that we cannot have inner peace without balance. It seems that having too much or too little of anything completely throws off our balance, therefore limiting our inner peace.

I'm always content. I hold much more store in contentment than happiness.

The note of the perfect personality is not rebellion, but peace.

I'm very relaxed. I'm very happy with my personal life.

I'm on my way to happiness, where I can find some peace and rest.

Happiness is impossible, and even inconceivable, to a mind without scope and without pause, a mind driven by craving, pleasure, or fear. To be happy, you must be reasonable, or you must be tamed. You must have taken the measure of your powers, tasted the fruits of your passion, and learned your place in the world and what things in it can really serve you. To be happy, you must be wise.

Without order there can be no inner satisfaction. Without inner satisfaction there can be no freedom. Without freedom there is no joy.

True happiness is to enjoy the present, without anxious dependence upon the future, not to amuse ourselves with either hopes or fears but to rest satisfied with what we have, which is sufficient, for he that is so wants nothing. The greatest blessings of mankind are within us and within our reach. A wise man is content with his lot, whatever it may be, without wishing for what he has not.