Emma Thompson Quotes

Life is where you're at. Whatever you're doing is enough. You don't need to do everything well all the time. When you live your life like that, it's a huge relief.

Enough is as good as a feast.

Don't struggle to get what you want, but modify your wants.

I honestly believe true happiness lies in lowered expectations. In opening the door to let the air in.

Too much is a vanity; enough is a feast.

Receive the gifts of fortune without pride, and part with them without reluctance.

The simple things in life ground me and keep me focused so I'm able to do a good job with what is in front of me.

Would that there were an award for people who come to understand the concept of enough. Good enough. Successful enough. Thin enough. Rich enough. Socially responsible enough. When you have self-respect, you have enough.

To be content with little is hard; to be content with much, impossible.

I just consciously try to enjoy the good things that are happening. And if it ended tomorrow, that would be fine.

Don't worry about the room being messy! Everything can't be perfect - you have to let some things go, and it's better to actually sit down on the floor with your child than spend time worrying about having a perfect house.

Too much good fortune can make you smug and unaware. Happiness should be like an oasis, the greener for the desert that surrounds it.

Do the best you can, and don't take life too serious.

The art of life is to know how to enjoy a little and to endure very much.

I have a mantra in my head that there will always be another meal. I can put my fork down, knowing there will be good things in my future!

I know that plans and reality may be two different things, but I think my demands on life are minimal.

Give us enough but with a sparing hand.

Shall I give you my recipe for happiness? I find everything useful and nothing indispensable. I find everything wonderful and nothing miraculous. I reverence the body. I avoid first causes like the plague.

He who knows that enough is enough will always have enough.

Be grateful for the home you have, knowing that at this moment, all you have is all you need.

Enjoy doing nothing, and you can enjoy doing anything. Enjoy having nothing, and you can enjoy whatever you have.

The more you learn to live without, the more you'll have to live with.

He has the most who is most content with the least.

There are still things I want to do but they're not necessary for me to do. I'm not clinging to anything that I can't open my hands and let go.

You can't juggle it all 100 percent. You don't have to be perfect. You don't have to do everything.