Stephen Sondheim Quotes

You can't have everything you want, but you can have the things that really matter to you.

Make peace with the knowledge that you can't have everything you want. Why? Because it's more important for us to get everything we need.

He that studies his content, wants it.

Wherever I am, let me never forget to distinguish want from need

The best way to get what you want is to realize you already have it.

If i can't have what i want . . . then my job is to want what i've got and be satisfied that at least there is something more to want

We need to learn how to want what we have NOT to have what we want in order to get steady and stable Happiness

The simple things in life ground me and keep me focused so I'm able to do a good job with what is in front of me.

The secret of happiness is to admire without desiring.

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

The secret to having everything you want out of life is the realization that you really don't want most of the things you think you want.

I'm happy here, and why change when you love the club and the club's in a really good position right now.

You forget that you do choose your life and there are so many things to be grateful for and I feel like society has gotten to that point where we're always looking for the next and the better and we lose sight of what's actually in front of us.

I really do feel very lucky. I've had my kids and my relationships. I've set my life down - I'm in my house, and I'm alone with my children - and I'm at peace, and that's a really nice feeling. All I really want in my life is to maintain that.

Sometimes I'll think, 'That was a really nice day. I ate well, I exercised, I called some friends, wasn't working too hard,' but I rarely have one of those.

I'm appreciating every single bit of success I get, no matter how small.

There's only one reason why you're not experiencing bliss at this present moment, and it's because you're thinking or focusing on what you don't have....But, right now you have everything you need to be in bliss.

It's the secret to happiness, you know. Only take what you need.

Of many, imagined blessings it may be doubted whether he that wants or possesses them had more reason to be satisfied with his lot.

Be contented, when you have got all you want.

The treasure we seek requires no lengthy expedition, no expensive equipment, no superior aptitude or special company. All we lack is the willingness to imagine that we already have everything we need. The only thing missing is our consent to be where we are.

What we need for our happiness is often close at hand, if we knew but how to seek for it.

Sometimes what we want isn't what we need.

You have to be really vigilant and appreciative of what you have and not get too excited about anything. But it's important to celebrate what you have and feel proud for a minute.

I need no fantasies to belittle the great treasures that I already possess.