Robert Farrar Capon Quotes

We very quickly forget about the wonderful things we've got. People lose their excitement because there's too much. Basically we're experiencing nothing, because everything is available to us.

For, he that expects nothing shall not be disappointed, but he that expects much - if he lives and uses that in hand day by day - shall be full to running over.

We're surrounded by wonder, and yet we want more, and we want it bigger, faster, louder, better.

Who is rich? He that rejoices in his portion.

Life is a banquet, and most poor suckers are starving to death.

I would rather be able to appreciate things I can not have than to have things I am not able to appreciate.

The world is full of a number of things, I'm sure we should all be as happy as kings.

A man should always consider how much he has more than he wants.

The world is so full of a number of things, I'm sure we should all be as happy as kings.

Happiness consists not in having much, but in being content with little.

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

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

Always leave something to wish for; otherwise you will be miserable from your very happiness.

I got more than my share in life; a little more wouldn't hurt.

We tend to always want to obtain something new and something more, and we never really enjoy what we have.

I never had everything I wanted, but I never wanted for anything.

There was so much goodness in my life. So much happiness. I wondered whether I deserved any of it.

I have no business to feel downcast or querulous merely because when so much as been given me I have not had even more.

While you fear missing a meal, you aren't fully aware of the meals you do eat.

I am content with what I have, little be it, or much.

The better we are at accepting the limits of our world, the more easily we can embrace what we have.

The world is so full of wonderful things we should all, if we were taught how to appreciate it, be far richer than kings.

Giving thanks for abundance is sweeter than the abundance itself.