Claude Monet Quotes

My life is exactly the way it needs to be.

Whatever state you find yourself in, you're supposed to be content there.

It is not enough to be happy, one must be content.

Good enough is good enough. Perfect will make you a big fat mess every time.

Be deeply satisfied and ready for more.

People have asked if I would go back to my 20s, and I'm like, "Only if I could hold onto the wisdom and the things that I've learned." But in reality, I don't think I'd want to even go back then. I'm so happy with where I'm at. My life is very content. Everything feels really good. I wouldn't want to change any of that. I'm happy for all the ups and the downs, and everything that has led me to where I am. I wouldn't want to lose any of that.

I've pursued dreams and achieved them, but I don't think anybody should think their life is incomplete if they don't follow some dream. Happiness doesn't come from achievements, or money, or any sort of treasure. Happiness is a frame of mind, not a destination. It's appreciating what you've got and building relationships with those around you.

Would that there were an award for people who come to understand the concept of enough. Good enough. Successful enough. Thin enough. Rich enough. Socially responsible enough. When you have self-respect, you have enough.

I'm comfortable with the life I have.

I feel like I'm exactly where I should be.

Learn not only to find what you like, learn to like what you find.

I'm fine with the life I have.

Happiness isn't getting what you want, it's wanting what you got.

You can be happy where you are.

You find happiness where you find it.

My main hope for myself is to be where I am.

I'm pleased with my life, with the journey.

Once one feels content about what one has, then humiliation does not arise. If one could never feel content, one would never even get what one wished to have.

I never want to be anything more than I am; what I don't have, I don't need.

Don't think you're going to be happy when you get something. You have to be happy on your way to happy.

I've always been able to enjoy aspects of my life.

I hate to sound blase about it, but literary status is not important to me. Being happy is important to me.

Why should I be unhappy? Every parcel of my being is in full bloom.

I think perfect happiness has everything to do with learning to be content with what I have.

If everyone loves you for the person you are, let alone your music is incredible, I think that's a really great place to be.