Dave Matthews Quotes

Our culture highlights the desire to always have more, even when we should be grateful for what we have.

He who is not contented with what he has, would not be contented with what he would like to have.

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

I'm extremely happy in my life. I consider myself to be very blessed.

It seems like a lot of people seek their peace in things. And most of us are not even satisfied with the things we have... we always want more.

We tend to always want to obtain something new and something more, and we never really enjoy what we have.

Well, I am happy, and I won't fret, but it does seem as if the more one gets the more one wants.

Gratitude turns what we have into enough.

We've got everything we need right here, and everything we need is enough.

It is easy to forget how much you have, when your eyes are always fixed on what you have not.

I am content with what I have, little be it, or much.

If we do not feel grateful for what we already have, what makes us think we'd be happy with more.

Having more does not keep you from wanting more. And if you always want more - to be richer, more beautiful, more well known - you are missing the bigger picture, and I can tell you from experience, happiness will never come

You say, 'If I had a little more, I should be very satisfied.' You make a mistake. If you are not content with what you have, you would not be satisfied if it were doubled.

We very quickly forget about the wonderful things we've got. People lose their excitement because there's too much. Basically we're experiencing nothing, because everything is available to us.

Only a stomach that rarely feels hungry scorns common things.

He that has satisfied his thirst turns his back on the well.

He is not poor that hath not much, but he that craves much.

To be content with little is hard; to be content with much, impossible.

Whoever does not regard what he has as most ample wealth, is unhappy, though he be master of the world.

I'm at a time in my life where I'm so filled up that I don't want more.

My motto is: Contented with little, yet wishing for more.

I've been very blessed in my personal life and in my career and I have never been ungrateful for what I have.

Can people who hunger so desperately for what other people have ever have enough?

If a fellow isn't thankful for what he's got, he isn't likely to be thankful for what he's going to get.