Morgan Freeman Quotes

For, he that expects nothing shall not be disappointed, but he that expects much - if he lives and uses that in hand day by day - shall be full to running over.

He who awaits much can expect little.

I'm so happy with my family, my career and my friends, and I'd like for them to be here forever, so I guess loss is what scares me the most.

We are never further from what we wish than when we believe that we have what we wished for.

We are no longer happy so soon as we wish to be happier.

If I had my way, if I was lucky enough, if I could be on the brink my entire life - that great sense of expectation and excitement without the disappointment - that would be the perfect state.

It's always great when you're really needed.

Always leave something to wish for; otherwise you will be miserable from your very happiness.

Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for.

I think people who sit around and are always yearning for the next thing are not always the happiest people.

Before we set our hearts too much upon anything, let us examine how happy they are, who already possess it.

Initially, I think I was eager to get off Staten Island and go away for school, that kind of thing. Then what you do maybe 10 years after that, you start maybe appreciating all the great things about the place you grew up. You can go back and enjoy it because you don't have that angst or sense of struggle to get away anymore.

Everything happens for a reason. But I would love to still be at Clemson.

There was so much goodness in my life. So much happiness. I wondered whether I deserved any of it.

It's always better to have what you have than to get what you wanted.

We should wish for few things with eagerness, if we perfectly knew the nature of that which was the object of our desire.

He who has nothing and wants something is less frustrated than he who has something and wants more.

The pleasure of expecting enjoyment is often greater than that of obtaining it, and the completion of almost every wish is found a disappointment.

Dream on, but don't imagine they'll all come true. When will you realize... Vienna waits for you.

I wish there was a way to know you were in the good old days before you actually left them.

I don't want to not enjoy where I am at this very moment. So, every time I plan something the exact opposite happens. I hope that I'm always satisfied and content like I am right at this very moment.

We would be happier with what we have if we weren't so unhappy about what we don't' have

I do not think that life has a suspense more sickening than that of expecting a letter which does not come.

Truly disappointment is the guardian deity of human life; she sits at the threshold of unborn time, and marshals the events as they come forth.

I'm that way, goofy as it sounds. Sometimes I don't want things to happen-I'm talking about good things, even wonderful things-because once they happen, I can't look forward to them anymore. But there's an upside, too. Once a wonderful thing is over, I'm not all that sad because then I can start thinking about it, reliving and reliving it in the virtual world in my head.