Ralph Marston Quotes

It's not having what you want, it's wanting what you've got.

The big thing I've discovered, the big secret, is that it's all about how happy you are. It's the ultimate thing. People forget your flaws and imperfections if they see you're happy.

Each moment in time we have it all, even when we think we don't.

He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has.

What we women need to do, instead of worrying about what we don't have, is just love what we do have.

The talent for being happy is appreciating and liking what you have, instead of what you don't have.

I think if you don't expect anything from the world, you'll have a lovely time.

You've got to just be happy with your lot.

Life isn't tied with a bow, but it's still a gift.

It's so much easier to be happy. It's so much easier to choose to love the things that you have, instead of always yearning for what you're missing, or what it is that you're imagining you're missing. It is so much more peaceful.

I may not believe in life after death, but what a gift it is to be alive now.

Perhaps it's because I appreciate all I have so much that I don't worry about what I haven't got.

At the end of the day, give up your worries and give thanks for the journey.

Bloom where you are planted!

It's possible to be thankful wherever you find yourself.

When the sun shines, you let it shine on you

I see the goodness and beauty in everyone, and everything is a gift given for me and for all of us. If you don't love it, question your mind until you do.

If we shall take the good we find, asking no questions, we shall have heaping measures.

Do not indulge in dreams of having what you have not, but reckon up the chief of the blessings you do possess, and then thankfully remember how you would crave for them if they were not yours.

We just have to recognize life for what it is: a gift to be grateful for, not a property to cling to, hoard, or defend.

Beauty is an understanding of what you have, and it's forgiving yourself of what you don't have, and appreciating all of it.

This is the body you've been given - love what you've got.

Open your arms as wide as you can to receive all the miracles with your name on them. Never forget that all you have is all you need.

You have to be willing to get happy about nothing.

You make a life out of what you have, not what you're missing.