Happiness Quote by Samuel Johnson Download Open image “We seldom learn the true want of what we have till it is discovered that we can have no more.” — Samuel Johnson ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.6 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare Happiness Inspirational Love Want
We always want what we can't have but always have what we don't need. — Emanuel Sebastiao Copy Share Image
We always want what we don't have, and always have what we don't want anymore. — Tim Walters Copy Share Image
Now that we have everything we need, we discover that there is almost nothing that we have that we want — John Cage Copy Share Image
We are never satisfied with what we have. We want what we can't have and take the things we do have for granted. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
We always think we know what we want: when in truth there is nothing we are less likely to know. — Jude Morgan Copy Share Image
We don't just want what we want because we want it; we want what we want because that's what we've learned to want. — Hanne Blank Copy Share Image
I have learned since that sometimes the things we want most are impossible for us. You may long to come home, yet wander forever. — Nadine Gordimer Copy Share Image
Its true that we dont always get what we desire, but another thing is this that we too desire for the things we cant… — Senoraroy Copy Share Image
The more we have, the more we want. And for this reason, we never have it all. — Joyce Brothers Copy Share Image
We may not always get what we desire but we shall always get what we deserve. — Terry Mark Copy Share Image
The size of a man's understanding might always be justly measured by his mirth. — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
Pound St. Paul's Church into atoms, and consider any single atom; it is to be sure, good for nothing; but put all these atoms… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
If our aim is to praise, we should forget to criticize; if our aim is to criticize, we should remember to praise — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
It is as foolish to make experiments upon the constancy of a friend, as upon the chastity of a wife. — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
Resolve not to be poor: whatever you have, spend less. Poverty is a great enemy to human happiness; it certainly destroys liberty, and it… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
The basis of all excellence is truth: he that professes love ought to feel its power. — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
“The composition of Shakespeare is a forest, in which oaks extend in the air, interspersed sometimes with weeds and brambles, and sometimes giving shelting… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
“The cherubim were never intended as an object of worship, because they were only the appendices to another thing. But a thing is then… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
Balance suggests a perfect equilibrium. There is no such thing. That is a false expectation.... There are going to be priorities and dimensions of… — Denise Morrison Copy Share Image
“WE CAN'T ALWAYS CONTROL OUR CIRCUMSTANCES BUT WE CAN CONTROL OUR ATTITUDE. WE MUST BE MORE CONCERNED WITH WHAT WE DO WITH WHAT HAPPENS… — MARVIN J. ASHTON Copy Share Image
I can skate beautifully. While performing on ice I always try to please the audience and to win as well. Being artistic is very… — Evgeni Plushenko Copy Share Image
Sometimes we wish for the feel but we never understand that we have to give a lot to get the feel ! — Robert Reynolds Copy Share Image
Sing like no one's listening, love like you've never been hurt, dance like nobody's watching, and live like its heaven on earth. — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
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Her dignity consists in being unknown to the world; her glory is in the esteem of her husband; her pleasures in the happiness of… — Jean-Jacques Rousseau Copy Share Image
The size of a man's understanding might always be justly measured by his mirth. — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image