Joe Mansueto Quotes

Individually, people are finding that a simpler lifestyle provides greater satisfaction than relentless pursuit of materialism.

I sometimes think that the size of our happiness is inversely proportional to the size of our house.

I used to think that having many material things would increase one's stock of happiness. I found that to be completely untrue. The trappings don't make the man at all.

You always hear the phrase, money doesn't buy you happiness. But I always in the back of my mind figured a lot of money will buy you a little bit of happiness. But it's not really true. I got a new car because the old one's lease expired.

Stuff can't make you happy.

Another car is not going to help me out, a nicer car, I've already got it. A bigger house ain't gonna do anything for me, and you know, a yacht, it's not going to do anything for me anymore. So how can I find happiness?

I'm not attached to things at all. I'm very lucky to have quite a few beautiful things, but if I look back at my life, I was often happiest when I had very little.

What I think is so amazing about having everything, and feeling like I have everything, is that I don't really find happiness within materialistic things. Like, it's cool if I can buy myself a new car, and I think it's amazing for a week, but then the thrill is over, and I'm like, 'Oh, so I guess that wasn't really happiness.'

I do not need a lot of money to be happy.

Material things are delightful, but they're not important.

I don't have a desire for material things. As long as I'm happy, I'm good, man.

True wealth is not measured by how much money you've got in the bank or how many toys you've got. Some of the happiest people in the world don't have a crying quarter, but they've got all the things that mean a lot to them.

There's more to life than having things: a Rolls-Royce, a big house, bling bling.

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

What I know for sure: Having the best things is no substitute for having the best life. When you can let go of the desire to acquire, you know you are really on your way.

We become happier not by accumulating more things but by creating richer experiences

Complicated lives and heaps of possessions don’t necessarily bring happiness; in fact, they can bring the opposite.

You don't have to have more in order to be happy.

Poverty with joy isn't poverty at all. The poor man is not one who has little, but one who hankers after more.

Always bear this in mind, that very little indeed is necessary for living a happy life.

He who is not satisfied with a little, is satisfied with nothing .

If thou wilt make a man happy, add not unto his riches but take away from his desires.

It's easy to impress me. I don't need a fancy party to be happy. Just good friends, good food, and good laughs. I'm happy. I'm satisfied. I'm content.

People spend time worrying about things they think they have to have and lose perception of what they do have. You can have all the money and material things you want. If you aren't here to enjoy them, what good do they do?

I am totally unattached to material items.