Richelle Mead Quotes

May we never let the things we can't have or don't have or shouldn't have spoil our enjoyment of the things we do have and can have.

I don't spend time wondering what might be next; I just focus on trying to savor every day.

I like wherever I am. That's my big secret.

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

The foundation of greatness is honoring the small things of the present moment, instead of pursuing the idea of greatness.

Don't look for the next opportunity, the one you have in hand is the opportunity.

Here is the world, and you live in it, and are grateful. You try to be grateful.

The joy is in the journey, not the destination. We have a better chance of seeing where we are when we stop trying to get somewhere else.

Focus on where you are instead of where you wish you were. The joy will follow.

Don't evaluate your life in terms of achievements, trivial or monumental, along the way... Instead, wake up and appreciate everything you encounter along your path. Enjoy the flowers that are there for your pleasure. Tune in to the sunrise, the little children, the laughter, the rain, and the birds. Drink it all in... there is no way to happiness; happiness is the way.

You've got to enjoy whatever you can and forget about the rest.

We're so busy watching out for what's just ahead of us that we don't take time to enjoy where we are.

I just consciously try to enjoy the good things that are happening. And if it ended tomorrow, that would be fine.

I've been really aware of how important it is to me to just stay in the moment and enjoy it while it lasts. Because that's all you've got. If it ends, I'll move on to doing something else. If it lasts, great.

I travel so much and am always living out of a suitcase, so my favorite saying is 'Wherever you go, there you are'. I love it because it's reassuring to me that you have to live in the moment wherever you happen to be.

Pick the day. Enjoy it - to the hilt. The day as it comes. People as they come... The past, I think, has helped me appreciate the present - and I don't want to spoil any of it by fretting about the future.

I never think, 'Where am I going to be in a year's time?' That seems to be a sure way of missing the fact that you might be quite happy now.

Rejoice in the things that are present; all else is beyond thee.

The earlier you learn that you should focus on what you have, and not obsess about what you don't have, the happier you will be.

There's nothing I miss about anything in the whole wide world. The idea of missing something means you're not living in the moment. Every moment is good for something.

I've just learned to enjoy every moment for what it is and take it all in.

I appreciate every moment.

You just have to live today. And I think one of my New Year's resolutions is definitely trying to stop and live in the moment and cherish it.

I just try to enjoy each day.