Contentment Quotes - Page 7

Contentment and happiness! Do everything happily. Walk, talk, sit happily; even if you complain against somebody, do it happily.

That is true plenty, not to have, but not to want riches.

Those who dwell, as scientists or laymen, among the beauties and mysteries of the earth are never alone or weary of life. Whatever the vexations or concerns of their personal lives, their thoughts can find paths that lead to inner contentment and to renewed excitement in living.

Where wealth and freedom reign contentment fails, And honour sinks where commerce long prevails.

I am a jumble of passions, misgivings, and wants. It seems that I am always in a state of wishing and rarely in a state of contentment.

Perhaps it's because I appreciate all I have so much that I don't worry about what I haven't got.

Part of the trick of being happy is a refusal to allow oneself to become too nostalgic for the heady triumphs of one's youth.

The cure for the sin of envy and jealousy is to find our contentment in God

What he had not learned, however, was this: to find contentment in himself and his own life

Let your capital be simplicity and contentment.

Better to be happy with the cod fish in your plate now, than to linger for the taste of a tuna that is still swimming in the sea.

Since early middle ages when people generally taking away the barbarity of their like, were pretty content. Although it was all an illicit contentment, what with the slave systems all over the world, in England especially, the peasants and the master, etc. People were incredibly content.

Who realises all the happiness he desires? Everything is in the hands of God. Therefore one should learn contentment.

I realized that there are some things about all of us, no matter where we're from, that we are connected and we are all still humans, and we are all still looking for the same sort of contentment in our life in one way or another. Some people are searching a little harder than others, granted. But we're not so different.

The cable operators are paying to show content. The most important content you have is the broadcast stations. They take the position that over the air is free to people, so it should be free to them.

It takes more distress and poison to kill someone who has peace of mind and loves life.

I am quite my own master, agreeably lodged, perfectly easy in my circumstances. I am contented with my situation, and happy because I think myself so.

Be satisfied with what you have.

What we do in our lives is what gives us contentment and serenity and makes us feel like we are doing some kind of contribution.

It has not yet been recorded that any human being has gained a very large or permanent contentment from meditation upon the fact that he is better off than others.

If thou covetest riches, ask not but for contentment, which is an immense treasure.

Moderation, which consists in indifference about little things, and in a prudent and well-proportioned zeal about things of importance, can proceed from nothing but true knowledge, which has its foundation in self-acquaintance.

They merit more praise who know how to suffer misery than those who temper themselves in contentment.

Contentment with life is not a feeling, but it is a decision we must make.

Piety and virtue are not only delightful for the present, but they leave peace and contentment behind them.