Martin Farquhar Tupper Quotes

Here's one of the great challenges of life. Being happy with what you have while in pursuit of what you want.

He has spent his life best who has enjoyed it most. God will take care that we do not enjoy it any more than is good for us.

He who is contented is rich.

It's the secret to happiness, you know. Only take what you need.

The perfection of wisdom, and the end of true philosophy is to proportion our wants to our possessions, our ambitions to our capacities, we will then be a happy and a virtuous people.

A youthful mind is seldom totally free from ambition; to curb that, is the first step to contentment, since to diminish expectation is to increase enjoyment.

Focus on the journey, not the destination. Joy is found not in finishing an activity but in doing it.

Live and work but do not forget to play, to have fun in life and really enjoy it.

Who is rich? He that rejoices in his portion.

Not what we have But what we enjoy, constitutes our abundance.

People spend time worrying about things they think they have to have and lose perception of what they do have. You can have all the money and material things you want. If you aren't here to enjoy them, what good do they do?

Whoever does not regard what he has as most ample wealth, is unhappy, though he be master of the world.

Happiness: a way station between too little and too much.

Man falls from the pursuit of the ideal of plan living and high thinking the moment he wants to multiply his daily wants. Man's happiness really lies in contentment.

Think big thoughts but relish small pleasures.

The aim of life is appreciation; there is no sense in not appreciating things; and there is no sense in having more of them if you have less appreciation of them.

My motto is: Live every day to the fullest - in moderation.

It's always nice when you do something and it's well received as opposed to the other way which God knows happens to everybody. When the good times come around, you take a deep breath, appreciate it, but not take it too seriously.

I couldn't think of anything else I'd rather be doing.

With happiness as with health: to enjoy it, one should be deprived of it occasionally.

Use, do not abuse... neither abstinence nor excess ever renders man happy.

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

Happiness is the legal-tender of the soul. Joy is wealth.

The only truly affluent are those who do not want more than they have.

I figured out something spiritual. Billboard this: 'Life is supposed to be fun!'