Getting what you want doesn't make you happy, growth makes you happy, raising your level of consciousness. The problem with most people,… — Bob Proctor Copy Share Image
Morality is how you go about getting what you want without screwing anybody to get it. — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
Love is not a matter of getting what you want. Quite the contrary. The insistence on always having what you want, on… — Thomas Merton Copy Share Image
Violence within the context of policing has a sense of control and power to it, whether it is dominance, getting what you… — Keanu Reeves Copy Share Image
Nothing makes you realize you don't know what you want more than getting what you want. — Jane Wagner Copy Share Image
It was so much easier when I didn't want anything. Not getting what you want can make you cruel. — David Levithan Copy Share Image
Buddhism itself is all about empowering yourself, not about getting what you want. — Pema Chodron Copy Share Image
Not getting what you want either means you don't want it enough, or you have been dealing too long with the price… — Rudyard Kipling Copy Share Image
Getting what you want is not nearly as important as giving what you have. — Tom Krause Copy Share Image
What I want to argue for is not that we should give up on our ideas of success, but that we should… — Alain de Botton Copy Share Image
The happiness at getting what you want is not usually commensurate with the worry leading up to it. — Ann Brashares Copy Share Image
Getting what you want is just as difficult as not getting what you want. Because then you have to figure out what… — David Levithan Copy Share Image
I tell you this as a cautionary tale: beware of getting what you want. It's bound to disappoint you. — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
Always remember that true happiness is not in getting what you want, but wanting what you already have. He who dies with… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
How is it wrong to put everything you have into getting what you want most in the world? — Rachel Vincent Copy Share Image
...there are two ways of being unhappy: One is not getting what you want, and the other is getting what you want. — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
If you’re frustrated because you’re not getting what you want, stop for a second: Have you actually flat-out asked for it? If… — Sophia Amoruso Copy Share Image
“If you’re not looking for the right thing, you can’t be disappointed if you don’t get it.” — Kenneth Eade Copy Share Image
And by letting go of trying to control the uncontrollable...you ironically increase...the probability of getting what you want. — Michael Neill Copy Share Image
For changes to be of any true value, they've got to be lasting and consistent. Any time you sincerely want to make… — Tony Robbins Copy Share Image
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… — Jonathan Haidt Copy Share Image
I believe that the voices of fear, both from without and within, can only be dispelled by trusting the voice that comes… — Chuck Lorre Copy Share Image
