David Levithan Quotes

The happiness at getting what you want is not usually commensurate with the worry leading up to it.

All get what they want; they do not always like it.

You have nothing. One should never allow themselves to think that they have, one can just touch - to have is to lack appreciation, to touch is to want to touch again.

It's so much better to desire than to have.

Man never thinks himself happy, but when he enjoys those things which others want or desire.

Take care to get what you like or you will be forced to like what you get.

Be happy with what you have. Be excited about what you want.

The secret of contentment is never to allow yourself to want anything which reason tells you you haven't a chance of getting.

Well, I am happy, and I won't fret, but it does seem as if the more one gets the more one wants.

That man has the fewest wants who is the least anxious for wealth.

For me, having it all - if one wants to define it at all - is the magical time when what you want and what you have match up.

When is enough enough? In envy's eyes, enough never is. Somebody else always has something we want.

Be contented, when you have got all you want.

We were all brought up to want things and maybe the world isn't big enough for all that wanting. I don't know. I don't know anything

Are these things really better than the things I already have? Or am I just trained to be dissatisfied with what I have now?

Be grateful for what you have, while in pursuit of what you want.

He who has enough for his wants should desire nothing more.

Love what you have. And then go for what you want.

Sometimes what we want isn't what we need.

Before we passionately desire a thing, we should examine the happiness of its possessor.

Possession naturally abates the Vigour of Desire.

The price of getting what you want, is getting what once you wanted.

What we want is not always what we need.

It's a wonderful world when you have what you want at all times.