Quotes on 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.

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

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

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.

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.