Quotes About Not Getting What You Want

#1. 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

#2. 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

#3. My mother wanted a conservative, secure life, and she has been married to my father since she was 18 ... A lot of hard work went into that marriage and a lot of not getting what you want.

Kimberly Quinn

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

Alex Trebek

#5. Joy is not getting what you want; it's appreciating what you have.

Mark Batterson

#6. But you know, sometimes not getting what you want is getting exactly what you need.

Stephanie Evanovich

#7. Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck.

Matthew Quick

#8. It's not getting what you want that's the hard part, it's deciding what you want.

Alexandra Potter

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

David Levithan

#10. There are two ways of being unhappy. Not getting what you want is one. Getting what you want is the other.

Eckhart Tolle

#11. Remember that sometimes not getting what you want is a wonderful stroke of luck.

Dalai Lama XIV

#12. Sometimes not getting what you want is a brilliant stroke of luck.

Lorii Myers

#13. Beauvoir knew that the root of all evil wasn't money. No, what created and drove evil was fear. Fear of not having enough money, enough food, enough land, enough power, enough security, enough love. Fear of not getting what you want, or losing what you have.

Louise Penny

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

Byron Katie

#15. I'm ambitious. I do think you have a tendency to be less happy sometimes when you're a seeker. You can be disenchanted because you're not getting what you want, and you're always striving and looking ahead instead of just being in the moment.

Matt Dillon

#16. The key to happiness is not getting what you want but wanting what you get

Jane Green

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

Sonya Sones

#18. Not getting what you want can make you curel

David Levithan

#19. If you find you're not getting what you want, stop and think about what it is you really need. If there is a lesson to be learned, learn it. Getting what you need, will often lead to what you truly want ...

James A. Murphy

#20. Joy is not getting what you want. It's fully appreciating what you have. And it starts with the basics, like water.

Mark Batterson

#21. When you start getting jobs, and see your mates from drama school, you don't really want to talk about it, because you have this innate sense of guilt that it's not fair that others aren't doing exactly what you're doing. I do have that.

Benedict Cumberbatch

#22. The only reason you should move to a new job is if you are not getting the opportunity to do what you want to do and what you believe you can do.

Lee Clow

#23. 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.

Robert Gallucci

#24. I just thought, what if I tried sex without the only part that counted as sex before? I want that. I want to say 'fuck you' to the whole idea, too, that getting penetrated is the point of the deal, like it's not sex if there's not something inside me. I'm inside me. I am." Only

Ruthie Knox

#25. 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

#26. The secret to a happy life is not in getting what you want. It is in learning to want what you get.

Lisa Wingate

#27. Many people know what they want to have, but have no idea of who they want to be. Getting 'things' simply will not fulfill you. Only living and doing what you believe is 'the right thing' will give you that sense of inner strength that we all deserve.

Tony Robbins

#28. 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

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

Tom Krause

#30. You don't want to be with someone who is already not getting from you what he needs emotionally.

Carolyn Hax

#31. 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.

Keanu Reeves

#32. You hang around with good people, you play a lot of golf, and you have a pretty good life. That's what success is all about. It's getting people you like, who want to take the hill with you, who want to win, who have the passion. This is not rocket science.

Jack Welch

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

Ethan Hawke

#34. You don't ever play games, make me guess what it is you want, or what you're thinking. You're not afraid of getting dirty, you don't worry about if your hair looks just right, or get angry about having your prom in the woods.

Cindy C. Bennett

#35. What I like about a dog it stops people getting after you, they're not going to come round in the night. But they make the place stink because I might want to stay out a few days and when I get back I might want to stay in a few days and a dog can become a tyrant to you.

Caryl Churchill

#36. When it comes to getting promoted, you want to present yourself in a way that feeds into the biases that bosses have about what makes someone promotable. You're already doing the hard work, so why not frame your effort in such a way that it increases your chances of obtaining the position you want?

Travis Bradberry

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

Michael Neill

#38. You asked what I wanted and I'm not going to lie to you. What I want most is the naked truth. I want to strip away every stubborn layer until you're bared to me. And then I'm going to show you how to love right.

Nadege Richards

#39. 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

#40. I'm not sure you understand what you're getting in to. I'm a single mom."
"I'm a single guy."
"I have Kate and - "
"And I want Kate, Ashleigh. I do. I want you both.

J.A. Huss

#41. 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

#42. I'm talking to anyone who has been dumped - have not gotten the job you really wanted or have received those horrible rejection letters from grad school. You know, the disappointment of losing, or not getting something you badly want. When that happens, show what you are made of.

Jill Abramson

#43. Do not be satisfied by just getting what you need, strive and work harder to get what you want.

Auliq Ice

#44. Choose what you actually want to do rather than what you think will impress people on Facebook. Ironically, when you do this, something amazing happens; what you produce stands a better chance of getting recognition. Not just on Facebook, but in the real world.

Meghan Daum

#45. I always think of my films within the context of where aesthetics meet economics. That's the nature of making art - not being naive about what is possible and getting what you need to tell the story you want to tell.

Ira Sachs

#46. 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

#47. The idea of stopping is not unmeaningful to me. I think there might be a time when, in theory at least, you'd say, 'Well I've mostly done what I want to do.' But how could you ever prevent a few years down the line some germ of an idea getting at you and you've got to do it again?

Graham Swift

#48. If you're not looking for the right thing, you can't be disappointed if you don't get it.

Kenneth Eade

#49. I want a more difficult life, that's all. What I really want is a first-rate life. I may not get it, but the only chance I have lies in getting out of a second-rate life. I may fail completely, but I do want to try. It's to do with me, not you; so don't worry.

Julian Barnes

#50. Happiness is not about getting what you want--it is about wanting what you've got.

Michael Brodeur

#51. It's not about getting what you want. It's about experiencing what you really need by becoming more.

Tony Robbins

#52. You won't want to," he crooned into my ear. "Not after you've had a taste of what I can offer you."
"You're right," I chirped. "I'll probably barf. I'm getting indigestion just thinking about it.

Courtney Allison Moulton

#53. You have to sit with your longing and know that you may not get what you want; you have to encounter the danger of longing for something without the expectation of getting your desire.

Philippa Gregory

#54. Suffering is getting what you do not want while wanting what you do not get.

J.I. Packer

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

Peter McWilliams

#56. There's something sad about people going to bed. You can see they don't give a damn whether they're getting what they want out of life or not, you can see they don't even try to understand what we're here for. They just don't care.

Louis-Ferdinand Celine

#57. I think daycare is great for people who have to work two jobs. My problem is with people who are dropping kids off at daycare because they want to go out and spend the day golfing or getting their nails done. You know what I mean? That's not why they invented daycare.

Denis Leary

#58. When you play a show or festival, people know what they're getting; they want it. Then you're thrown onto a show where people are watching TV in their houses, and whether they ask for it or not, we're being played in front of them. There's a lot of negative feedback.

Tyler Joseph

#59. Writing is hard work, not magic. It begins with deciding why you are writing and whom you are writing for. What is your intent? What do you want the reader to get out of it? What do you want to get out of it. It's also about making a serious time commitment and getting the project done.

Suze Orman

#60. You're getting like an attitude. What you get put through for just wanting something more out of life. Makes you vulnerable. Inside, that tug of desperation, trying not to be excited, maybe this is it, and it's usually freaks and you want to shout I'm not like you.

Sandra Newman

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

Pema Chodron

#62. 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

#63. The happiness at getting what you want is not usually commensurate with the worry leading up to it.

Ann Brashares

#64. Happiness is not in getting what you want, but in learning to want what you get. Don't waste your time crying over what you're not given. When you have tears in your eyes, you can't see all the beautiful things around you.

Lisa Wingate

#65. Undoubtedly, the most important thing to remember is your time is not your own. Yes, we live in a time when people believe that you can and you should do exactly what you want, but all time belongs to God. So make sure your time is first dedicated to getting His work accomplished.

Monica Johnson

#66. Every hour you are not going after your passion, making your dreams a reality or defining your purpose is an hour you can't get back. Is what you're doing right now, this day, this moment getting you closer to where you want to be? If not, readjust your focus. It's your future. Go get it!

Elizabeth Bourgeret

#67. Do things you don't want to do because it is the shortest, most guaranteed path to success: what you want in your life. It's not about getting a certain amount of money or a certain type of house, but what you want your life to look like.

Rory Vaden