Mel Gibson Quotes

The perfect life is the combination of great moments and bad ones, and under that point of view, my life is fantastic, because I've certainly hit more than one bump.

We're all going through so much hard, wonderful, amazing . . . it's blessings; it's lessons; it's hardship; it's life. I guess, I don't know what the definition of life is. I now know the meaning of my life, because of my daughters, but mine is one little tiny speck in the universe. It's nice to not be pretending everything is perfect all the time, because it isn't, but I do love happiness and joy and optimism.

Life is grim, and we don't have to be grim all the time.

If you laugh, you think, and you cry, that's a full day. That's a heck of a day. You do that seven days a week, you're going to have something special.

We have the tendency to run away from suffering and to look for happiness. But, in fact, if you have not suffered, you have no chance to experience real happiness.

Even a happy life cannot be without a measure of darkness, and the word happy would lose its meaning if it were not balanced by sadness. It is far better take things as they come along with patience and equanimity.

We never taste happiness in perfection, our most fortunate successes are mixed with sadness.

In between goals is a thing called life, that has to be lived and enjoyed.

I've had 60 years of ups and downs, and all of the downs that I've had, I'm happy that I've had them because it's taught me to appreciate all the ups.

I have a very happy marriage and friends who keep my feet on the ground. But looking for satisfaction in life is difficult. Maybe being happy is as simple as not being unhappy.

In our lives, we have good things and bad things, happiness and pain.

I've had at least my share of tragedy, but I have had far more than my share of happiness.

In the scriptures, we are told you can't really understand happiness unless you understand sadness. You don't know pleasure if you don't know pain. It's part of life. So can you learn something from somebody who has gone from success to success to success? I don't think so.

The challenges are gonna go, and your children are gonna grow, so try to enjoy this moment, and try to look at what's good, and be grateful for what you have because you will see better days.

There are those who give with joy, and that joy is their reward.

Life is hard, but there are moments, sometimes hours - and, if you're really lucky, full days - where everything feels just right.

Happiness is overrated. There has to be conflict in life.

You can't have it all, all at once. Who - man or woman - has it all, all at once? Over my lifespan, I think I have had it all. But in different periods of time, things were rough. And if you have a caring life partner, you help the other person when that person needs it.

I've been evaluating how much I value happiness in my life. To be too driven takes away your happiness.

There are so many things in life that make you sad, you have to be happy.

I love the game, and I do not feel that I have sacrificed anything. On the contrary, I feel privileged to do something that I love.

I know that life is much more than football. We have family and it's all about being happy and healthy.

I think life is so much about enjoying and not punishing yourself or restricting yourself too much. The more I let go of all my rules, the more free and happy I am, and nothing happens. So I just enjoy.

The truth is life is full of joy and full of great sorrow, but you can't have one without the other.

The fact is, the secret of happiness is the sense of proportion.