The secret to happiness, of course, is not getting what…

Satisfaction isn't so much getting what you want as wanting what you have.

— David Myers

Always remember that true happiness is not in getting what you want, but wanting what you already have. He who dies with the most…

— Bertrand Russell

Suffering is getting what you do not want while wanting what you do not get.

— J. I. Packer

It's Not Getting What You Want, It's Wanting What You've Got.

— Anonymous

Happiness isn't getting what you want, its wanting what you got.

— Anonymous

Happiness isn't getting what you want, it's wanting what you got.

— Garth Brooks

The secret of happiness is simply this... your happiness does NOT depend on getting what you want.

— Michael Neill

It's not getting what you want that's the hard part, it's deciding what you want.

— Alexandra Potter

Sometimes, not getting what you want can be the most valuable experience of your entire life.

— Tony Robbins

The first step to getting what you want is to have the courage to get rid of what you don't.

— Zig Ziglar

... there are two ways of being unhappy. Not getting what you want is one. Getting what you want is the other.

— Eckhart Tolle

The first secret of getting what you want is knowing what you want.

— Arthur D. Hlavaty

The first step in getting what you want from life-decide what you want.

— Ben Stein

Fear has only two causes: the thought of losing what you have or the thought of not getting what you want.

— Byron Katie

Manners are a way of getting what you want without appearing to be an absolute swine.

— Quentin Crisp