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

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

Beverly Lewis (1949) American writer

“What you want is what you cannot have. What you cannot have is what you want.”

Robert Jordan (1948–2007) American writer

“If you want to learn how to be happy, you have to know what is sadness first.”

Etgar Keret book Missing Kissinger

“It makes no difference where you go, there you are. And it makes no difference what you have, there’s always more to want. Until you are happy with who you are, you will never be happy because of what you have.”

Zig Ziglar (1926–2012) American motivational speaker

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

Dale Carnegie (1888–1955) American writer and lecturer

“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

“Buy not what you want, but what you have need of; what you do not want is dear at a farthing.”
Emas non quod opus est, sed quod necesse est. Quod non opus est, asse carum est.

Cato the Elder (-234–-149 BC) politician, writer and economist (0234-0149)

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

Jodi Picoult My Sister's Keeper