How is it wrong to put everything you have into getting…

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

— Quentin Crisp

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

— Alexandra Potter

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

— David Myers

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

The price of getting what you want, is getting what once you wanted.

— Neil Gaiman

Joy is not the result of getting what you want; it is the way to get what you want. In the deepest sense, joy…

— Alan Cohen

In this age of getting what you want and getting it now, the simple pleasure of browsing is often forgotten.

— Tom Hodgkinson

Happiness isn't about getting what you want all the time; it's about loving what you have.

— Asher Roth

It's not about getting what you want. It's about experiencing what you really need by becoming more.

— Tony Robbins

The secret to happiness, of course, is not getting what you want; it’s wanting what you get,

— Alex Trebek