Chetan Bhagat Quotes

The goal isn't to be successful; it's to be happy. And so it doesn't matter if I'm doing things in New York or teaching high school or I drop it altogether and sell coffee. The goal is to be happy, and people and relationships are what makes you happy.

Success means different things to different people. To me, the greatest quality of successful human beings is the ability to love.

To become successful, first learn how to be happy. Too many think that the route to happiness is to get successful

My wife and I are living large in our beloved Miami and I'm working on the things that are important to me.

I hope that in 5 years from now I'll be working and doing what makes me happy. Whatever that may be.

Success in its highest and noblest form calls for peace of mind and enjoyment and happiness which come only to the man who has found the work that he likes best.

I always had a larger view. I'm interested in real life - my family, my friends. I have tried never to define myself by my success, whatever that is. My happiness is way beyond roles and awards.

I had a great tennis career. I have no regrets. But to find peace with yourself, and to finally be with your family - I'm probably the happiest guy in the world.

I feel like I've had so many successes on so many levels, even if it is just my relationships with my friends.

My personal goals are to be happy, healthy and to be surrounded by loved ones.

A man cannot be said to succeed in this life who does not satisfy one friend.

I didn't lose weight for my career or a relationship - I did it to be happy and, as Oprah says, to live my best life.

I already have success. I had it a long time ago. It's nothing to do with my music. Music is secondary, at this point. The good stuff is really good, but I have success because I'm at peace and I'm a good person in my everyday life and that's important.

If a man can tell if he's been successful in his life by having great friends, then I have been very successful.

I used to believe that if my career was going great, then I was not entitled to a great personal life. Well, I've stopped thinking that way. I believe I can have it all.

Don't forget until too late that the business of life is not business but living.

Life's not all about money.

Success is not just money in the bank but a contented heart and peace of mind.

Success doesn't necessarily mean happiness.

Success? I don't know what that word means. I'm happy. But success, that goes back to what in somebody's eyes success means. For me, success is inner peace. That's a good day for me.

Success, wealth, good health and nurturing relationships are by-products of happiness, not the cause.

Consider whether fulfillment of the goal you have chosen will constitute success. What is success? If you possess health and wealth, but have trouble with everybody (including yourself), yours is not a successful life. Existence becomes futile if you cannot find happiness. When wealth is lost, you have lost a little; when health is lost, you have lost something of more consequence; but when peace of mind is lost, you have lost the highest treasure.

Success is important only to the extent that it puts one in a position to do more things one likes to do.

As we get older, we get better at choosing in ways that will make us happy. We do a better job at picking activities that make us happy, and at spending time with people who make us happy. We're also better at letting things go.

No man is a failure who is enjoying life.