A Quote by Garth Brooks

Happiness isn't getting what you want, it's wanting what you got.

Garth Brooks

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Garth Brooks
American - Singer
Born: February 7, 1962

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

Dale Carnegie

The secret to happiness, of course, is not getting what you want; it's wanting what you get.

Alex Trebek

Success is getting and achieving what you want. Happiness is wanting and being content with what you get.

Bernard Meltzer

Always remember that true happiness is not in getting what you want, but wanting what you already have. He who dies with the most toys is still dead. What is wanted is not the will to believe, but the will to find out, which is the exact opposite.

Bertrand Russell

All I know about getting something that you want is that there are three essential things: wanting, trying and getting the opportunity, the breaks. None works alone without the others. Wanting is basic. Trying is up to you. And the breaks - I do know this, they always happen.

Greer Garson

The secret of happiness is simply this... your happiness does NOT depend on getting what you want.

Michael Neill

You can search the world over, but you won’t find happiness until you realize that happiness isn’t getting what you want. It’s being content with what you already have.

Yasmin Mogahed

Happiness does not consist in having what you want, but in wanting what you have

Confucius

Our economy is based upon people wanting more; their happiness on wanting less.

Frank A. Clark

Relationships are complicated, but happiness in a relationship isn't: It's just wanting exactly what you have. Wanting something else is dispiriting.

Carolyn Hax

Satisfaction isn't so much getting what you want as wanting what you have.

David Myers

The happiness we seek cannot be found through grasping, trying to hold on to things. It cannot be found through getting serious and uptight about wanting things to go in the direction we think will bring happiness. We are always taking hold of the wrong end of the stick. The point is that the happiness we seek is already here and it will be found through relaxation and letting go rather than through struggle.

Pema Chodron

Realize that true happiness lies within you. Waste no time and effort searching for peace and contentment and joy in the world outside. Remember that there is no happiness in having or in getting, but only in giving. Reach out. Share. Smile. Hug. Happiness is a perfume you cannot pour on others without getting a few drops on yourself.