Vernon Howard Quotes

Success is not necessarily determined by material possessions or accomplishments. You can enjoy success simply by reaching the point where you are perfectly content with your life in every respect and you feel no dissatisfaction or pressing need for anything else. In this sense, you can be a success sitting by yourself in a quiet place contemplating the world.

I'm more liberated and happy than I've been my whole life. I'm just happy.

A string of excited, fugitive, miscellaneous pleasures is not happiness; happiness resides in imaginative reflection and judgment, when the picture of one's life, or of human life, as it truly has been or is, satisfies the will, and is gladly accepted.

I like my life. It's good.

You traverse the world in search of happiness, which is within the reach of every man. A contented mind confers it on all.

I love acting. It's my playground, it let's me explore. But my happiness in this world - my level of peace - is never going to be dictated by acting.

I think I'm as content as one can be.

I don't believe happiness comes out of material gain, for sure.

But my happiness in this world - my level of peace - is never going to be dictated by acting.

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

You find happiness where you find it.

I'm very content with my life. I mean, who wouldn't be?

I'm pleased with my life, with the journey.

I am happier now than I have ever been.

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

I hate to sound blase about it, but literary status is not important to me. Being happy is important to me.

Why should I be unhappy? Every parcel of my being is in full bloom.

My life is exactly the way it needs to be.

I'm not a showoff. My happiness comes from very basic and simple things.

I'm quite happy with the way my life is.

I like my life just the way it is. And it's great.

I'm not like a preacher or philosopher, but at the end of the day, life is about happiness.

The utmost we can hope for in this world is contentment; if we aim at anything higher, we shall meet with nothing but grief and disappointment. A man should direct all his studies and endeavors at making himself easy now and happy hereafter.

Supreme happiness consists in self-content; that we may gain this self-content, we are placed upon this earth and endowed with freedom.

money does not guarantee happiness or peace of mind, it can take your mind off things, distract you, but it can't replace the generic stuff a person needs!