Best Getting What You Want Quotes

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

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

Desire to me is a contract that you make with yourself to be unhappy until you get what you want.

I’ve learned that getting what you want gives you a pretty high batting average, and leaves you plenty to struggle for.

‘Fantasy’ is one of the fewer tracks where it’s more literal than most of our things, but at the same time it’s totally open-ended. Clearly it’s a song about things not really appearing as you want them to, or things either getting what you want and not being satisfied with it because it wasn’t how you hoped it would be, or thinking you want something and not getting it and the realisation of that.

Manners are a way of getting what you want without appearing to be an absolute swine.

Morality is how you go about getting what you want without screwing anybody to get it.

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.

The first step to getting what you want is to have the courage to get rid of what you don’t.

If you’re not actively involved in getting what you want, you don’t really want it.

Buddhism itself is all about empowering yourself, not about getting what you want.

And by letting go of trying to control the uncontrollable…you ironically increase…the probability of getting what you want.

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

It was so much easier when I didn’t want anything. Not getting what you want can make you cruel.

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

Getting what you want is just as difficult as not getting what you want. Because then you have to figure out what to do with it instead of figuring out what to do without it.

In this age of getting what you want and getting it now, the simple pleasure of browsing is often forgotten.

There is a direct correlation between am increased sphere of comfort and getting what you want.

Sometimes, not getting what you want can be the most valuable experience of your entire life.

Getting what you want is not nearly as important as giving what you have.

Love is not a matter of getting what you want. Quite the contrary. The insistence on always having what you want, on always being satisfied, on always being fulfilled, makes love impossible.

The only thing worse than not getting what you want, is getting it.

When you achieve one dream, dream another. Getting what you want is only a problem if you have nowhere to go next. Dreaming is a lifetime occupation.

Great negotiators never lose sight of what they are aiming at, which is not an agreement per se, but a desired outcome….Getting to yes is easy, all you have to do is roll over. It’s getting what you want that’s hard.

Getting what you want will not change your life at the Being Level, so don’t let what you have determine ‘who you are’, otherwise you will always feel dissatisfied.

Violence within the context of policing has a sense of control and power to it, whether it is dominance, getting what you want, or acting out of emotion. At the same time, it is not ultimately satisfying and [you are] trapped in the cycle.

Nothing makes you realize you don’t know what you want more than getting what you want.

I tell you this as a cautionary tale: beware of getting what you want. It’s bound to disappoint you.

Happiness doesn’t come from getting what you want. It doesn’t come from within, either. Happiness comes from *between*–from finding the right relationship between yourself and others, between yourself and your work, and between yourself and something larger than yourself.

…there are two ways of being unhappy: One is not getting what you want, and the other is getting what you want.

Instruction for life: Take into account that great love and great achievements involve great risk. When you lose, don’t lose the lesson. Follow the three R’s: – Respect for self. – Respect for others. – Responsibility for all your actions. Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck. Learn the rules so you know how to break them properly.

Life always kills you in the end, but first it prevents you from getting what you want.

Happiness is in the doing not in getting what you want.

Fear has only two causes: the thought of losing what you have or the thought of not getting what you want.

With non-professionals, there’s a lot of time you have to allocate to getting what you want with them, but also you cast based on who they are, to bring out their real personalities. So it’s less about working on character and more about just getting them comfortable in front of the camera to be themselves, and understanding the process.