Internal Satisfaction Quotes

Happiness doesn't depend on any external conditions, it is governed by our mental attitude.

I' ve won awards. And they didn't make me feel bad winning them. They made me feel pretty good. But it also did not make me feel bad NOT winning the Academy Award.

You should seek approval from yourself.

Happiness is a state of mind, and depends very little on outward circumstances.

Success has nothing to do with box office as far as I'm concerned. Success has to do with achieving your goals, your internal goals, and growing as a person. It would have been nice to have been connected with a couple more box office hits, but in the long run, I don't think it makes you happier.

The populace may hiss me, but when I go home and think of my money, I applaud myself.

It's what's in *yourself* that makes you happy or unhappy.

Happiness can't start with external stuff, whether that's money or success or your body.

There is no external means, whether it's my career, or money or house or a wife or anything, that is going to set me right.

My mother drew a distinction between achievement and success. She said that 'achievement is the knowledge that you have studied and worked hard and done the best that is in you. Success is being praised by others, and that's nice, too, but not as important or satisfying. Always aim for achievement and forget about success.

Because I've always been a runner I love to feel that my body is shining on the inside. I wear baggy clothes, so it's not as though I like showing it off. I just like to know I'm great on the inside.

The funny thing is, I'm so used to not caring what anyone says, good or bad, that unfortunately even when people say good things... I wish it made me feel good, but it doesn't.

You should feel good about yourself because of your accomplishments. Not because somebody yelled at you to feel good about yourself.

People hiss at me, but I applaud myself in my own house, and at the same time contemplate the money in my chest.

I always think, when there's stuff that people don't like, I always say that if I have another success, I'll enjoy it more, but you don't really.

If you look to others for fulfillment, you will never be truly fulfilled.

Happiness comes from you. No one else can make you happy. You make you happy.

I would not be happy if I had many trophies at home and people think I don't deserve them.

...pleasure, of course, is a slippery word.... Our pleasures ultimately belong to us, not to the pleasure's source.

(I was) my own teacher and pupil, and thanks to the efforts of both, they were not discontented with each other.

What is more important, the reality or the perception? I am perceived to be an important designer. It's enough for me.

The motivation is doing for doing, not [for] having done.

How do you know you're having fun if there's no one watching you have it?

My only sure reward is in my actions, not from them.

Look at what your idea of success would be. The more that you take in external motivators, the more it reduces your ultimate satisfaction because it doesn't come from inside.