“Happiness isn't wanting what you can get, but wanting what you have.”

“Success is getting what you want; happiness is wanting what you get.”

Ingrid Bergman (1915–1982) Film actress from Sweden

“Success is getting what you want.
Happiness is wanting what you get.”

Andrew Carnegie (1835–1919) American businessman and philanthropist

“Life isn't about getting what you want, it is about giving what you have.”

- Goa

“Happiness is not having what you want, it is wanting what you have.”

Sheryl Crow (1962) American musician and actress

“Happiness is not having what you want but wanting what you have.”

Jimmy Stewart (1908–1997) American film and stage actor

“Success is getting what you want. Happiness is liking what you get.”

H. Jackson Brown, Jr. (1940) American writer

“Cerebus: The valuable lesson is that you can get what you want and still not be very happy…”

Dave Sim (1956) Canadian cartoonist, creator of Cerebus

“Sometimes to get what you want the most, you have to do what you want the least.”

Jodi Picoult My Sister's Keeper

“The news isn't there to tell you what happened. It's there to tell you what it wants you to hear or what it thinks you want to hear.”

Joss Whedon (1964) American director, writer, and producer for television and film