Derek Waters Quotes

I should have been smart enough to stay happy. But my ambition ruled my life.

Success is about enjoying what you have and where you are, while pursuing achievable goals.

If 10 years ago I was told I'd be where I am now, I would've been pretty happy.

Success is always something completely different to people. I feel like I've succeeded, if I'm doing something that makes me happy and I'm not lying to anybody.

Even if we had the No. 1 video on MTV, and we had money and everything else, I think we'd always have more to do. I don't ever want to wake up in the morning and say, 'What are we gonna do today?' I'm afraid of that. I don't ever want to wake up and feel like we've conquered.

I'm not someone to sit on her laurels.

You can never be happy; you can never be satisfied with what you have. You always need to have that want to achieve more, and I definitely want that success.

There is no state of satisfaction, because to himself no man is a success.

If I had not had so much ambition and not tried to do so many things, I probably would have been happier, but less useful.

I'm a content person and I'm content knowing that I gave it my all when I was president.

To me there's a difference between success and satisfaction. A lot of people have success and no satisfaction. I'm after satisfaction. I

Honestly, it's very satisfying, and I'm very, very happy about how successful the last few years have been... It's great for the people who supported me early on to see the success I'm enjoying now.

I have done everything that I wanted to do, and I feel very blessed that I have been very successful on every area. So it's very exciting. There is nothing else to do.

If you equate happiness with success, you will never achieve the amount of success necessary to make you happy.

I feel like I've gotten to a point where I don't know if it can get much bigger. I've been climbing and I feel very happy.

When you are satisfied, you are successful. For that's all there is to success is satisfaction.

Most people achieve their goals and are like, "Is this all there is?" We are supposed to keep growing so we have something to get. What we get never makes us happy. You play yourself when you forget that.

Take your victories, whatever they may be, cherish them, use them, but don't settle for them.

I mean, I hate to gloat, but I'm extremely satisfied with my position in life and the way things have worked out for me.

Success is always something completely different to people. I feel like I've succeeded, if I'm doing something that makes me happy and I'm not lying to anybody. I'm not doing that now, so I feel really good about myself.

You see, money isn't everything - I know it sounds corny but I really mean it - success means a lot more.

Nobody got anywhere in the world by simply being content.

I was so driven that sometimes you don't recognise all the good things that are happening to you.

If you become great, then you can become happy. If you're happy first, it's much more difficult to be great.

I believe happiness is a chemical imbalance - it's a silly thing to strife for. But satisfaction - if you seek satisfaction, you can succeed. Satisfaction is knowing that you're doing the best that you can do; you're living your life to the fullest.