Gena Showalter Quotes

The secret to having everything you want out of life is the realization that you really don't want most of the things you think you want.

You can never get enough of what you don't need to make you happy.

Be contented, when you have got all you want.

He who has enough for his wants should desire nothing more.

What we want is not always what we need.

He that studies his content, wants it.

Money will not purchase happiness for the man who has no concept of what he wants.

You may know what you need, but to get what you want, better see that you keep what you have.

What I want is what I've not got, but what I need is all around me.

When you are discontent, you always want more, more, more. Your desire can never be satisfied. But when you practice contentment, you can say to yourself, 'Oh yes - I already have everything that I really need.'

If you desire many things, many things will seem few.

Man never thinks himself happy, but when he enjoys those things which others want or desire.

People want riches; they need fulfillment.

The secret of happiness is to admire without desiring. And that is not happiness.

When I was younger, I was ambitious. Now I'm not ambitious anymore. I just want to be happy. Does that make sense?

I think if you were to ask me when I was much younger what my definition of the good life was, I think it would have sounded a lot like what most people would say - a life with all the things you want and everything you think you need to make you happy, and these sorts of things.

Be happy with what you have. Be excited about what you want.

You can’t always get what you want. But, if you’re lucky, you get what you need.

Well, I am happy, and I won't fret, but it does seem as if the more one gets the more one wants.

For me, having it all - if one wants to define it at all - is the magical time when what you want and what you have match up.

Of many, imagined blessings it may be doubted whether he that wants or possesses them had more reason to be satisfied with his lot.

What do people want? Well, you really can’t talk about wants until you talk about needs.

He is the least in want who is the least covetous.

Poor is the man who desires a lot

The happiness at getting what you want is not usually commensurate with the worry leading up to it.