Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes

Few of us can stand prosperity. Another man's, I mean.

If we only wanted to be happy, it would be easy; but we want to be happier than other people, and that is almost always difficult, since we think them happier than they are.

No matter who you are, the grass is never greener on the other side.

How unbearable at times are people who are happy, people for whom everything works out.

It doesn't matter if you have one billion rupees in your bank account or one rupee. This is one life you get, and you'd rather spend it enjoying whatever you have, rather than thinking, 'Oh, I should have scored seven more runs, or I should get more money.'

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

You just want something else that someone else has, but that doesn't mean what you have isn't beautiful, because people always want what you have, and you always want what they have - no one is ever 100 per cent like, 'Yes, I'm the bomb dot com - from head to toe!'

I judge my life by how miserable it used to be. If I could pay my rent, I was deliriously happy. Now I'm deliriously happy all the time.

Comparison is the thief of joy.

I never expected it, but I've gotten paid a lot to do what I love. There are no complaints.

We can better see what we don't have. The other man's grass is always greener and now we can actually go and visit his grass much more and feel the absence of green in our own lives.

When I count other people's blessings I lose sight of mine.

I'm happy without money.

Luckier than one's neighbor, but still not happy.

I've been very fortunate in the things I've had in my life. But, at the same time, I wish I had the same types of memories as everyone else.

Don't waste time on jealousy. Sometimes you're ahead, sometimes you're behind.

Wealth after all is a relative thing since he that has little and wants less is richer than he that has much and wants more.

I really live a simple life and don't need very much to feel good and happy. Don't get me wrong; I believe you should get what you earn. Sometimes you have to fight for it.

No, nothing has changed in my life at all, and nothing would change if I had millions.

You look at your bank account, and you see the currency of love and happiness is more important than the currency of money.

The greatest wealth is to live content with little, for there is never want where the mind is satisfied.

People who have what they want are fond of telling people who haven't what they want that they really don't want it.

My life is better than a lot of people I know. I'm definitely happy about that.

I can only say that whatever my life and work have been, I'm not envious of anyone-and this is my biggest satisfaction.

The key point to understand is that prosperity is an internal experience, not an external state, and it is an experience that is not tied to having a certain amount of money.