“Happiness depends on what you can give, Not on what you can get.”
Quotations from Gurudev’s teachings, Chinmya Mission Chicago
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Chinmayananda Saraswati 118
Indian spiritual teacher 1916–1993Related quotes
“Happiness isn't wanting what you can get, but wanting what you have.”
Source: The Judgment
“You can never get enough of what you don't need to make you happy.”
Variant: You can never get enough of what you don’t really need.
“Cerebus: The valuable lesson is that you can get what you want and still not be very happy…”
Source: Church & State volume I (1987), p. 296
As quoted in Plenty of Time to Sleep When You're Dead : A Compilation of Life-changing Quotes (2006) by Richard Caridi
As quoted in Sprituality in a Materialistic World (2008) by Leslie Klein
Variant: Remember happiness doesn't depend on who you are or what you have; it depends solely upon what you think.
“Success is getting what you want..
Happiness is wanting what you get.”
Variant: Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get.
“Success is getting what you want; happiness is wanting what you get.”
“Success is getting what you want.
Happiness is wanting what you get.”