Nathaniel Hawthorne Quotes

It don't take a lot to make me happy. I'm not spoiled like that.

The secret of happiness is to admire without desiring.

The secret of happiness is to admire without desiring. And that is not happiness.

You can never get enough of what you don't need to make you happy.

Sometimes the most happy people in life are the ones with nothing. We can't lose sight of the little things in life that should make us the happiest.

I don't need much to be happy.

We ain't got a lot, but we don't need anything. Covered in kisses, surrounded by love, showered with blessings from up above.

I am content; that is a blessing greater than riches; and he to whom that is given need ask no more.

When you are discontent, you always want more, more, more. Your desire can never be satisfied. But when you practice contentment, you can say to yourself, 'Oh yes - I already have everything that I really need.'

Let me be content with being happy, without sighing that I am not distinguished.

My happiness doesn't come from money or fame. My happiness comes from seeing life without struggle.

There is no end of craving. Hence contentment alone is the best way to happiness. Therefore, acquire contentment.

The simple things in life make me very happy.

Contentment is the only real wealth.

The No. 1 question I get from everybody is, 'How did you make it?' I'm like, Don't worry about making it. There is no making it. Just be happy.

I was looking for something to make me happy, and once I realised what I actually had, then I found success.

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

Just stop for a minute and you'll realize you're happy just being. I think it's the pursuit that screws up happiness. If we drop the pursuit, it's right here.

I'm a simple kind of guy, so I just envision myself being happy.

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

Happiness is the harvest of a quiet eye.

The pursuit of happiness is a most ridiculous phrase: if you pursue happiness you'll never find it.

I would not change my blest estate for all the world calls good or great.

Happiness doesn't depend on how much you have to enjoy, but how much you enjoy what you have.

Simple things make me very happy.