Viggo Mortensen Quotes

I was looking for something to make me happy, and once I realised what I actually had, then I found success.

I think when we shot 'Tokyo Drift' I was a little too young to really understand what made Han who he is, and then I got older, and you start to make a little bit of money, and you realize that money will never buy you happiness.

Yeah, I've had an odd youth, But I wouldn't know the difference if I'd lived it any other way. And I wouldn't change any of it because I quite like what I'm doing.

I've learned from experience that the greater part of our happiness or misery depends on our dispositions and not on our circumstances.

Happiness is an inside job.

All I can focus on is what I can control and that's being happy. My own happiness.

Happiness is your own treasure because it lies within you.

It's a helluva start, being able to recognize what makes you happy.

Happiness is a choice that requires effort at times.

Through a long and painful process, I've learned that happiness is an inside job - not based on anything or anyone in the outer material world. I've become a different and better person - not perfect, but still a work in progress.

This age thing is all up to you. It's like happiness is up to you. You just have to understand what it is before you get it.

I would say I'm quite happy in my life the majority of the time. Earlier in my life I was more questioning, overly trying to figure things out. I like this way much better.

To be happy when you are travelling, you need to be happy inside before you leave. A positive frame of mind will definitely enhance your travelling experience. If I'm not in a positive frame of mind then the whole thing definitely becomes more of a challenge for me.

Happiness comes from the full understanding of your own being.

I have come a long way and learnt a lot. I read this quote about a year ago: 'Happiness must not be pursued; it must ensue.' It's made me realise that just being married again or something like that won't make me happy; the happiness ensues from how we live our lives.

I've found joy, peace and perspective. Those are very good things to have.

Look, when I look back, from 20 onwards, I was actually having a pretty good time, I have to say.

You can run, run, run away from a lot of things in life, but you can't run away from yourself. And the key to happiness is to understand and accept who you are.

I have no regrets in my life whatsoever.

At the age of 18, I made up my mind to never have another bad day in my life. I dove into a endless sea of gratitude from which I've never emerged.

With all the highs and lows I've had in my life, I wouldn't change anything. So no, I don't, this is what I'm supposed to be doing.

I'm at a point in my life where I have something solid now. I'm a peaceful person, and I want to be surrounded by peace no matter what I'm doing.

Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself, in your way of thinking.

You can be right or you can be happy.

Eventually, we reach the point where we start to realize that we are not going to find peace, contentment, happiness, strength, fearlessness - all of the things that in our heart of hearts we wish we had - outside of us.