John Lancaster Spalding Quotes

I don't need that much to live - we don't need that much to have a wonderful life. I learned that from animals.

Be satisfied with needs instead of wants.

Live below your means but within your needs.

I really don't require a whole lot in life.

I don't have much of a bucket list. I don't have a lot of needs and desires.

You have succeeded in life when all you really want is only what you really need.

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

The greatest wealth is to live content with little.

The older I get, the less I need. I wear the same jean shorts for the whole week. I'm not running to the store to get the latest bag.

We shall have to practise to lead our life on the basis of our needs, not under the influence of our greed.

You don't really need much. I try to live my life with that sort of minimalist mentality.

I'm not a big consumer at all. I'm very happy with enough.

We might make money and be in the careers we're in, but we don't need a bunch of stuff. We like showcasing that and letting people know that it's OK to not want things and keep wanting bigger and better.

Who lives content with little possesses everything.

My greatest skill has been to want but little.

Constantly choose rather to want less, than to have more.

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

Let your capital be simplicity and contentment.

In my life, what I want and what I need are exactly the same. Anything in excess of needs is burdensome to me. You couldn't give me anything I don't need. I am penniless, but have difficulty remaining so. Several of my well meaning, well-to-do friends have offered me large sums of money, which I of course refused.

He will always be a slave who does not know how to live upon a little.

Happiness consists not in having much, but in wanting no more than you have.

Contentment comes not so much from great wealth as from few wants.

I am totally unattached to material items.

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.

I have learned to seek my happiness by limiting my desires, rather than in attempting to satisfy them.