It's nice, being brought up with no money at all. It's just not how I measure success, so that makes it a bunch easier.
Life is short, if we are only said to live when we enjoy ourselves; and if we were merely to count up the hours we spent agreeably, a great number of years would hardly make up a life of a few months.
Being in a relationship doesn't mean you're successful. You are successful if you are happy.
I'm someone who'd never base how happy I am on how much money I have, or how good a restaurant is because of how posh it is.
I was a little different. I still say I'm a little different, because success to me is not having the most money, or having the biggest car or the biggest house.
Never believe straight off in a man's unhappiness. Ask him if he can still sleep. If the answer's "yes," all's well. That is enough.
Success? I don't know what that word means. I'm happy. But success, that goes back to what in somebody's eyes success means. For me, success is inner peace. That's a good day for me.
Gratification and happiness are becoming important measures of our quality of life.
For me, it's not about the awards. I don't define success by how many awards you have or how much money you have. To me, success is if I'm happy. If you have $20 million in the bank and you're not happy, you're not successful to me - that's my opinion.
A peasant earns his bread honestly. He has ordinary knowledge of thc world. He knows fairly well how he should behave …. He understands and observes the rules of morality. But he Cannot write his own name. What do you propose to do by giving him a knowledge of letters? Will you add an inch to his happiness …. Our ancient school system is enough …. We consider your schools to be useless.
I love my life, but I don't think I'm any happier than my younger brother Andre, who drives a garbage truck.
The way I ought to measure my life is in terms of the others I helped to become better and happier people. That's the biggest thing to think about if you're not happy.
One test of the correctness of educational procedure is the happiness of the child.
If you're happy in a dream, does that count?
Maybe happiness was just a matter of the little upticks- the traffic signal that said "Walk" the second you go there- and downticks- the itch tag at the back of your collar- that happened to every person in the course of the day. Maybe everybody had the same allotted measure of happiness within each day.
Sensible of the importance of Christian piety and virtue to the order and happiness of a state, I cannot but earnestly commend to you every measure for their support and encouragement
The word 'success' - who's defining it? It's about whether or not it makes me feel good. Four billion people don't have to see or hear it. If I've enjoyed the process of creation and I'm at peace, then what happens next is just entertainment. If mass appeal were actually something, Marilyn Monroe wouldn't be dead.
I think you have to be so indulgent in creativity in that, if you're happy, it's successful. If it's then financially successful, which is different parameters, then you're also happy.
Most importantly, I want my kids to be happy. You're only as happy as your saddest kid.
