William Lyon Phelps Quotes

I'm comfortable with the life I have.

I've realized through the years that I just find happiness in other things, whether it's my dogs or my friends or, like, looking at the sunset. So if I were to wish for something else, it would just to be happy all the time, to have a superpower of not letting things affect me, and to be true to who I am, always.

I really believe that happiness comes from things that cannot taken away from you.

Success is just happiness. When you are happy, that is success.

You won't be happy anywhere until you're happy somewhere.

Happiness is your own treasure because it lies within you.

My mind to me a kingdom is, such present joys therein I find, that it excels all other bliss.

I was looking for something to make me happy, and once I realised what I actually had, then I found success.

True success, true happiness lies in freedom and fulfillment.

Felicity, the companion of content, is rather found in our own breasts than in the enjoyment of external things; and I firmly believe it requires but a little philosophy to make a man happy in whatever state he is.

Happiness is an inside job.

All I can focus on is what I can control and that's being happy. My own happiness.

You just need to be happy, and once you're happy with yourself then you can do more things.

Own what you have, be happy, love your family, and be sure of yourself no matter what passion you are chasing.

All I will say is we get wiser as we get older. And that what I am looking for in life is the same as I always have; happiness, peacefulness and joy. And that's all I'm going to say about that because otherwise I'd get into trouble

My dad said, "As long as you're happy." I used to think it was kind of a very simple idea or philosophy because he wasn't religious. But you've got to try and be happy. And if you're not happy, you can't help anyone else. So obviously, some crazy people could go to places, but I just think you need to be content within yourself, so that's the thing.

The Art of Fulfillment is the ability to experience not only the thrill of the chase, but also the magic of the moment, the unbridled joy of feeling truly alive.

The purpose of your life is Joy.

I'm so lucky to be crazy happy in my life. And I think it's not so much that I'm happier now than ever; it's that I'm more content. I'm in the harbor of my life.

Paradise is here or nowhere: you must take your joy with you or you will never find it.

Real happiness is when you are happy for no reason at all; you are simply being.

Living so fully, I can't imagine what any drug could do for me.

Our most natural state is joy. It is the foundation for love, compassion, healing, and the desire to alleviate suffering.

When you have self-respect, you have enough.

Your happiness is the most significant contribution that you could make. In your reaching for happiness, you are opening a vortex which makes you an avenue for the Well-being to flow through you. And anything that is your object of attention under those conditions, benefits by the infusion of your Well-being.