Malcolm Forbes Quotes

I'm just happy. I'm just me right now.

Sometimes people ask, 'What do you wish for your children?' and all I say is, 'I want them to be happy being them.'

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

The great thing in the world is not so much to seek happiness as to earn peace and self-respect.

It is the chiefest point of happiness that a man is willing to be what he is.

It's better to be happy than to be well-dressed.

First and foremost, you've got to make yourself happy. Essentially being who you are is the most important thing. When you're after truth, happiness always comes.

I've realised I can be happy.

I'm being all of me, and it feels stupendous. I don't want to leave this feeling.

Success does not mean happiness. Check out any celebrity magazine to look for examples to disabuse you of thinking that being beautiful, successful or rich will make you 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.

I define success as being comfortable with yourself and your life. And that is about as good as it gets, really.

See, it's not until you start accepting who you are that you can really find success, or more importantly, happiness.

I think when you're happy with yourself, that's what matters.

I truly believe happiness has a different meaning for everyone. But I also believe that the sense of self is the key to one's happiness.

As long as I'm happy, I don't care about accolades or anything else.

The whole purpose of life is to make yourself happy.

What could I wish for the present but to take the greatest pleasure in being what I am?

Would that there were an award for people who come to understand the concept of enough. Good enough. Successful enough. Thin enough. Rich enough. Socially responsible enough. When you have self-respect, you have enough.

To be happy, we must be true to nature and carry our age along with us.

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.

Health is the greatest possession. Contentment is the greatest treasure. Confidence is the greatest friend. Non-being is the greatest joy.

I'm comfortable with the life I have.

If you have easy self-contentment, you might have a very, very cheap source of happiness.

Happiness comes from the full understanding of your own being.