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Happiness isn't about getting what you want all the time; it's about loving what you have. -- Asher Roth
Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get. -- Dale Carnegie
The first secret of getting what you want is knowing what you want. -- Arthur D. Hlavaty
The first step in getting what you want from life-decide what you want. -- Ben Stein
Getting what you want is not nearly as important as giving what you have. -- Tom Krause
Remember that sometimes not getting what you want is a wonderful stroke of luck. -- Dalai Lama
If you're not actively involved in getting what you want, you don't really want it. -- Peter McWilliams
Sometimes, not getting what you want can be the most valuable experience of your entire life. -- Tony Robbins
The happiness at getting what you want is not usually commensurate with the worry leading up to it. -- Ann Brashares
The first step to getting what you want is to have the courage to get rid of what you don't. -- Zig Ziglar
I've learned that getting what you want gives you a pretty high batting average, and leaves you plenty to struggle for. -- Loretta Young
... there are two ways of being unhappy. Not getting what you want is one. Getting what you want is the other. -- Eckhart Tolle
Fear has only two causes: the thought of losing what you have or the thought of not getting what you want. -- Byron Katie
Not getting what you want either means you don't want it enough, or you have been dealing too long with the price you have to pay. -- Rudyard Kipling
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. -- Rudy Ruettiger
Joy is not the result of getting what you want; it is the way to get what you want. In the deepest sense, joy is what you want. -- Alan Cohen
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. -- Thomas Merton
But he did not understand the price. Mortals never do. They only see the prize, their heart's desire, their dream... But the price of getting what you want, is getting what you once wanted. -- Neil Gaiman
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. -- David Levithan
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. -- Jonathan Haidt
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
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. -- H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
Happiness isn't getting what you want, it's wanting what you got. -- Garth Brooks
Success is getting what you want..Happiness is wanting what you get. -- Dale Carnegie
Sometimes not getting what you want is God's greatest blessing. -- Steve Maraboli
Happiness is in the doing not in getting what you want. -- Ethan Hawke
Sometimes not getting what you want is a brilliant stroke of luck. -- Lorii Myers
Success is getting what you want. Happiness is liking what you get. -- H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
Success is getting what you want, happiness is wanting what you get -- W. P. Kinsella
Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get. -- Dale Carnegie
Success is getting what you want; happiness is wanting what you get. -- Ingrid Bergman
The only thing worse than not getting what you want, is getting it. -- Sonya Sones
The price of getting what you want, is getting what once you wanted. -- Neil Gaiman
Satisfaction isn't so much getting what you want as wanting what you have. -- David Myers
Buddhism itself is all about empowering yourself, not about getting what you want. -- Pema Chodron
Diplomacy is the art of getting what you want without offending anyone too badly. -- Christopher Nutall
Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get.[Eddie Scissons] -- W. P. Kinsella
If you want to keep getting what you're getting, keep doing what you're doing. -- Les Brown
Getting old is better than being young. You can do what you want to do. -- Karl Pilkington
It's not getting what you want that's the hard part, it's deciding what you want. -- Alexandra Potter
Suffering is getting what you do not want while wanting what you do not get. -- J. I. Packer
The hardest thing about getting what you want is knowing what to do with it. -- Patrick Hennessey
Nothing makes you realize you don't know what you want more than getting what you want. -- Jane Wagner
There is a direct correlation between am increased sphere of comfort and getting what you want. -- Tim Ferriss
Manners are a way of getting what you want without appearing to be an absolute swine. -- Quentin Crisp
Morality is how you go about getting what you want without screwing anybody to get it. -- Henry David Thoreau
Life always kills you in the end, but first it prevents you from getting what you want. -- Douglas Coupland
Happiness is not about getting what you want all the time, but about loving everything you get. -- Luimar Silva
The secret of happiness is simply this... your happiness does NOT depend on getting what you want. -- Michael Neill
It's not about getting what you want. It's about experiencing what you really need by becoming more. -- Tony Robbins
Success is the process of having a wonderful experience going for, getting, and having what you want. -- Michael Neill
Success is getting and achieving what you want. Happiness is wanting and being content with what you get. -- Bernard Meltzer
You don't want to be with someone who is already not getting from you what he needs emotionally. -- Carolyn Hax
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Getting enough of what you want without depriving anyone else is the ultimate act of selfishness and sanity. -- Joy Browne
How is it wrong to put everything you have into getting what you want most in the world? -- Rachel Vincent
if you want to achieve immortality, see what you can do about getting yourself turned into a Pentagon program. -- Rachel Maddow
I tell you this as a cautionary tale: beware of getting what you want. It's bound to disappoint you. -- Jodi Picoult
The indispensable first step to getting the things you want out of life is this: decide what you want. -- Ben Stein
It was so much easier when I didn't want anything. Not getting what you want can make you cruel. -- David Levithan
In this age of getting what you want and getting it now, the simple pleasure of browsing is often forgotten. -- Tom Hodgkinson
Everything's in the mind. That's where it all starts. Knowing what you want is the first step toward getting it. -- Mae West
And by letting go of trying to control the uncontrollable...you ironically increase...the probability of getting what you want. -- Michael Neill
Drive, ego and cocksureness are all essential elements in terms of getting exactly what you want but losing everything you've got. -- Dane Cook
It shows considerable wisdom to know what you want in life and then to direct all your energies towards getting it. -- P. D. James
Motivation is the art of getting people to do what you want them to do because they want to do it. -- Dwight D. Eisenhower
You know the sting of losing or not getting something you badly want. When that happens show what you are made of, -- Jill Abramson
Users think they know what they want, but you get the horseless carriage effect where you're getting asked for a faster horse. -- Emmett Shear
It's not necessarily that satisfying getting monetary success, but sometimes it keeps the door open to make what you want to make. -- Robert Pattinson
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What kind of Yoga do you want to practice, the Yoga of getting or the Yoga of giving?... One enslaves, the other liberates. -- Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
When you are used to the kind of life -of never getting anything you want- you stop knowing what it is you want. -- Haruki Murakami
Getting the pretty back is about getting back in touch with your essential self: the part of you that knows what you really want. -- Molly Ringwald
Having a baby is like getting a tattoo on your face. You really need to be certain it's what you want before you commit. -- Elizabeth Gilbert
FEARLESS is getting back up and fighting for what you want over and over again....even though every time you've tried before you've lost. -- Taylor Swift
Interviewing is a lot like talking, but you have to guide the conversation. You have to know what you want and go about getting it. -- Anthony DeCurtis
There are two reasons not to tell the truth--becuase lying will get you what you want, and because lying will keep someone from getting hurt. -- Jodi Picoult
When you're experimenting you have to try so many things before you choose what you want, and you may go days getting nothing but exhaustion. -- Fred Astaire
Using your mind is a faster method to getting what you want. I mean, all you have to do is sit there. What could be easier? -- Stephen Richards
I want to show you that you can be funny and hot. You can drink and read. People are still getting used to what I am. -- Kesha
Influence is getting others to do what you want them to do because they want to do it - a take on Eisenhower's famous leadership statement -- Phil Harding
Jealous?...Of what? I don't want a foul scar right across my head, thanks. I don't think getting your head cut open makes you that special, myself. -- J. K. Rowling
When you write things down, you commit to doing them. If you simply tell me what you want to do, there is really no commitment to getting it done. -- David Cottrell
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. -- Robert Anthony
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

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