I tell you this as a cautionary tale: beware of getting what you want. It's bound to disappoint you.
The first step in getting what you want from life-decide what you want.
Manners are a way of getting what you want without appearing to be an absolute swine.
Love is not a matter of getting what you want. Quite the contrary. The insistence on always having what you want, on always being satisfied, on always being fulfilled, makes love impossible.
If I can wheedle A knife or a needle, Why not a Silver Churn?
And you know that when the truth is told that you can get what you want or you can just get old.
Happiness doesn't come from getting what you want. It doesn't come from within, either. Happiness comes from *between*--from finding the right relationship between yourself and others, between yourself and your work, and between yourself and something larger than yourself.
Violence within the context of policing has a sense of control and power to it, whether it is dominance, getting what you want, or acting out of emotion. At the same time, it is not ultimately satisfying and [you are] trapped in the cycle.
Buddhism itself is all about empowering yourself, not about getting what you want.
Getting what you want is just as difficult as not getting what you want. Because then you have to figure out what to do with it instead of figuring out what to do without it.
It was so much easier when I didn't want anything. Not getting what you want can make you cruel.
Getting what you want will not change your life at the Being Level, so don't let what you have determine 'who you are', otherwise you will always feel dissatisfied.
Sometimes, not getting what you want can be the most valuable experience of your entire life.
Nothing makes you realize you don't know what you want more than getting what you want.
The price of getting what you want, is getting what once you wanted.
When I go to a restaurant and they say, 'We're fully booked,' I say, 'It's Roberto Cavalli,' and they say, 'I will check'. I love it!
The happiness at getting what you want is not usually commensurate with the worry leading up to it.
