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

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

—  Dale Carnegie American writer and lecturer 1888 - 1955

Variant: Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get.

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

—  H. Jackson Brown, Jr. American writer 1940

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

—  Beverly Lewis American writer 1949

Source: The Judgment

„The happiness at getting what you want is not usually commensurate with the worry leading up to it.“

—  Ann Brashares, book Forever in Blue: The Fourth Summer of the Sisterhood

Source: Forever in Blue: The Fourth Summer of the Sisterhood

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

—  Dave Sim Canadian cartoonist, creator of Cerebus 1956

Source: Church & State volume I (1987), p. 296

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

—  Sheryl Crow American musician and actress 1962

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

—  Jimmy Stewart American film and stage actor 1908 - 1997

„A man is a success if he gets up in the morning and gets to bed at night, and in between he does what he wants to do.“

—  Bob Dylan American singer-songwriter, musician, author, and artist 1941

Variant: A man is a success if he gets up in the morning and gets to bed at night, and in between he does what he wants to do.

„Success is doing what you want to do, when you want, where you want, with whom you want, as much as you want.“

—  Anthony Robbins Author, actor, professional speaker 1960

„Happiness depends on what you can give, Not on what you can get.“

—  Chinmayananda Saraswati Indian spiritual teacher 1916 - 1993

Quotations from Gurudev’s teachings, Chinmya Mission Chicago

„You want a happy romantic relationship? Don’t ruin it by getting married.“

—  Meg Cabot Novelist 1967

„Happiness isn’t getting what we want but being satisfied with what we have. The way to be happy is to be grateful even with the simple blessings we have.“

—  Ralph Smart

„what i really want - and what i never get - is to be appreciated. do you know what it’s like to work so hard to make sure everyone’s happy, and to have not a single person recognize it“

—  David Levithan, book Will Grayson, Will Grayson

Source: Will Grayson, Will Grayson

„Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.“

—  Albert Schweitzer French-German physician, theologian, musician and philosopher 1875 - 1965

Variant: Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.

„If you want to be successful, it's just this simple. Know what you are doing. Love what you are doing. And believe in what you are doing.“

—  Will Rogers American humorist and entertainer 1879 - 1935

„I want to talk to you. I want to listen to you. I want to walk with you and, yes, I want you in my bed. That's what I want today. That's what I'll want in a hundred years. If you promise to be my wife forever, I will pledge myself to your happiness.“

—  Christina Dodd American writer 1957

Source: Rules of Attraction

„There is a serious discrepancy between what we really wants, and what we usually do to get what we think we want. What we really want is to fill the hole inside and become complete, and what we do is look for success and growth outside.“

—  Ilchi Lee South Korean businessman 1950

Source: Change: Realizing Your Greatest Potential

„I will be what I want. But I will have to want what I'll be. Success is in having success, not conditions for success.“

—  Fernando Pessoa, book The Book of Disquiet

Ibid., p. 122
The Book of Disquiet
Original: Serei o que quiser. Mas tenho que querer o que for. O êxito está em ter êxito, e não em ter condições de êxito.

„I don’t know what’s worse: to not know what you are and be happy, or to become what you’ve always wanted to be, and feel alone.“

—  Daniel Keyes, book Flowers for Algernon

Source: Flowers for Algernon