Donald Miller Quotes

When you drop your expectations that a person, a situation, a place, or an object should fulfill you, it's easier to be present in this moment because you're no longer looking to the next one. Most people want to get what they want, whereas the secret is to want what you get at this moment.

We would be happier with what we have if we weren't so unhappy about what we don't' have

Focus Not on Having Less or Having More, But on Wanting What You Have.

People who want to rise above a well-cooked meal and a well-tailored garment, are out of their spiritual minds.

What more can we require? Nothing but time.

Be content with what you have; rejoice in the way things are. When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you.

God didn't make me to make movies, flex muscles, buy gold. What you love the most becomes your God... If I never make another dollar, my life is complete.

To be full of things is to be empty of God. To be empty of things is to be full of God.

Once one feels content about what one has, then humiliation does not arise. If one could never feel content, one would never even get what one wished to have.

This sense of perfection has a built-in contradiction, one that Ram Dass once captured very succinctly by a statement he had heard from his Himalayan guru: "The world is absolutely perfect, including your own dissatisfaction with it, and everything you are trying to do to change it.

So, have we solved the secret of happiness? "I believe so," he said Are you going to tell me? "Yes.Ready?" Ready. "Be satisfied." That's it? "Be greatful." That's it? "For what you have.For the love you receive.And for what God has given you." That's it? He looked me in the eye.Then he sighed deeply. "That's it.

Happiness is found in the absence of expectation and a continuous focus on appreciation.

If we're not enjoying what we've got...and even if we do get 'more,' we won't enjoy that, either.

It's always better to have what you have than to get what you wanted.

It is easy to forget how much you have, when your eyes are always fixed on what you have not.

Most people go through their whole lives," John went on, "and never have one miracle happen to them. You've had dozens and dozens, and you still want more! It's like God gives you a brownie, I mean a really good brownie, but you can't be content with it. You want the whole pan of brownies. Nobody gets that.

Live without expectations and there will be no frustration.

Don't wait for everything to be perfect before you decide to enjoy your life.

How could I expect more from the universe when I didn't appreciate what I already had?

I feel so blessed to just have done what I had done. To be able to just use what God has given me is a blessing. You know, never mind the Grammys, never mind the records, never mind all of that. Just to be able to sing.

If you look for perfection, you'll never be content.

If, from time to time, you give up expectation, you will be able to perceive what it is you are getting.

Contentment is realizing that God has already provided everything we need for our present happiness.

People have asked if I would go back to my 20s, and I'm like, "Only if I could hold onto the wisdom and the things that I've learned." But in reality, I don't think I'd want to even go back then. I'm so happy with where I'm at. My life is very content. Everything feels really good. I wouldn't want to change any of that. I'm happy for all the ups and the downs, and everything that has led me to where I am. I wouldn't want to lose any of that.

He who is not contented with what he has, would not be contented with what he would like to have.