Douglas Coupland Quotes

That should be the measure of success for everyone. It's not money, it's not fame, it's not celebrity; my index of success is happiness.

I am happier now than I have ever been.

I feel that I've done what I wanted to do, and that makes me feel fairly content.

I'm quite happy with the way my life is.

I want to go to my grave a happy guy.

I like my life just the way it is. And it's great.

Whose happiness is so firmly established that he has no quarrel from any side with his estate of life?

Being prime minister isn't the only job in life! As far as I'm concerned, I could live in a village and be satisfied.

The only peace, the only security, is in fulfillment.

You have it made when you don't care whether you have it made or not.

I finally figured it out, I finally figured out how to find some peace and happiness. I sure would hate for the man upstairs to take me now. But at least I did figure it out.

Pure and simple, any person who is enjoying life is a success.

I'm still happy, I like this life.

The money, the fame, if that comes, that's fantastic. But at the end of the day, my aim is to go to sleep at night content and have a purpose, and to know that I'm not swapping my life for money and some mind-numbing boring job, making easy money and protecting my brain.

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.'

Everyone chases after happiness, not noticing that happiness is right at their heels.

We rarely find anyone who can say he has lived a happy life, and who, content with his life, can retire from the world like a satisfied guest.

A string of excited, fugitive, miscellaneous pleasures is not happiness; happiness resides in imaginative reflection and judgment, when the picture of one's life, or of human life, as it truly has been or is, satisfies the will, and is gladly accepted.

The only thing that I am ambitious about is to live a good life. Full stop.

To live happily is an inward power of the soul.

I like my life. It's good.

You know, I can be the happiest man in the world with minimal record success.

I'm fine with the life I have.

I can only say that I have had a wonderful life.

The definition of success to me is not necessarily a price tag, not fame, but having a good life, and being able to say I did the right thing at the end of the day.