Octavia Spencer Quotes

I'm not into extreme sports or something. I just live a quiet life.

I don't have a life where it's galas, posh affairs. It's me, my dog and a sofa. And a TV.

I do quite well for myself, but I live a simple life.

The secret to life is finding joy in ordinary things. I'm interested in happiness.

My dog doesn't worry about the meaning of life. She may worry if she doesn't get her breakfast, but she doesn't sit around worrying about whether she will get fulfilled or liberated or enlightened. As long as she gets some food and a little affection, her life is fine.

Everyone chases a bit of what they say life is about: money, desire... But when you stop chasing, you realise life is a rhythm and it's very peaceful, very quiet. You see, it's quite a miracle.

There's no shame in enjoying a quiet life. And that's been the realization of the past few years for me.

People will survive, and they will find happiness. Happiness only comes when you're not looking for it.

By nature, I'm a very positive person, and because I'm happy in myself, and in my life, and I've got a great husband, and beautiful children, and I have a job that I love that calls for a certain amount of emotional expression, I get to realise a lot of my dreams and aspirations.

It just doesn't mean anything to me, the high-profile, big money side of things. I just want enough to live on, and to be able to get on with what I do, and hang around my friends.

All I care about is providing and living every day. I don't care about world titles, being a legend, or being a hero.

I'm not a showoff. My happiness comes from very basic and simple things.

I like my life just the way it is. And it's great.

I love my kid. I love a boring life.

I live a boring life, but it's perfect for me.

I like to go to simple places to see people and not lose the real values of life. It's not just about money.

Avoid greatness in a cottage there may be more real happiness than kings or their favourites enjoy.

The great Searcher of human hearts is my witness, that I have no wish, which aspires beyond the humble and happy lot of living and dying a private citizen on my own farm.

I've given up wanting to make a killing or be a bigshot. I just want to find happiness and maybe open up a little roadside cafe in Idaho.

We're all so busy chasing the extraordinary that we forget to stop and be grateful for the ordinary.

Keep clear of courts: a homely life transcends The vaunted bliss of monarchs and their friends.

I don't have a lavish lifestyle.

Happiness is the harvest of a quiet eye.

I am happier now than I have ever been.

Sometimes the most happy people in life are the ones with nothing. We can't lose sight of the little things in life that should make us the happiest.