Contentment Quotes

There's no one there to understand, there's just understanding, which flourishes in you as peace, joy and contentment.

Contentment empties the heart of all superfluous carriage, thus leaving it entirely for Allah.

The West for me means ambition, the East contentment. My heart is ever in one, my soul in the other.

A contented mind is the best source for trouble.

Deep, contended joy comes from a place of complete security and confidence [in God] - even in the midst of trial.

The world is full of people looking for spectacular happiness while they snub contentment.

There are two things that kill a genius - a fatal disease and contentment.

Reverence, humility, contentment, gratitude and hearing the good Dhamma, this is the best good luck.

Simplicity is the first cousin of contentment.

Who is wise? He that learns from everyone.

It doesn’t matter if you’re rich or poor-the determining factor of success and happiness is contentment.

Contentment... is the soul's enjoyment of that peace that passes all understanding.

The noblest mind the best contentment has

To have what we want is riches; but to be able to do without is power.

I use the term happiness to refer to the experience of joy, contentment, or positive well-being, combined with a sense that one's life is good, meaningful, and worthwhile.

Passion is overcome only by him who has won through stillness of spirit the perfect vision; it comes through the contentment that is regardless of the world.

Everybody should live quietly whether his experiences are happy or sad, whether they are successes or failures. That is contentment.

Live near to God, and so all things will appear to you little In comparison to eternal realities.

Joy is a deeply felt contentment that transcends difficult circumstances and derives maximum enjoyment from every good experience.

The life must be a well-balanced life, not lopsided in any manner to bring contentment.

To be well skilled in the mystery of Christian contentment is the duty, glory and excellence of a Christian.

True humility is contentment.

Some of the freckles I once loved are now closer to liver spots. But it’s still the eyes we look at, isn’t it? That’s where we found the other person, and find them still.

Children internalize their parents' unhappiness. Fortunately, they absorb our contentment just as readily.

Yes, in the poor man's garden grow Far more than herbs and flowers - Kind thoughts, contentment, peace of mind, And Joy for weary hours.

If you are content, you have enough to live comfortably.

All is lovely outside my house and inside my house and myself.

The virtue of contentment is the acquiescence of the mind in the lot God has given

Contentment consist not in adding more fuel, but in taking away some fire.

It is our work to cast care, and it is God's work to take care.

Sometimes in life there's no problem and sometimes in there is no solution. In this space - between these apparent poles - life flows.

There had to be something wrong with my life. I should have been born a Yugoslavian shepherd who looked up at the Big Dipper every night.

Harmony is the inner cadence of contentment we feel when the melody of life is in tune.

If you know peace, then you thrive; if you know contentment, then you are rich

Contentment is not happiness. Contentment is stagnation and decay, whereas happiness is life and growth.

We only see in a lifetime a dozen faces marked with the peace of a contented spirit.

There's such a thing as too much happiness and sadness. What I'm after is contentment.

Happiness comes out of contentment, and contentment always comes out of service.

Faith on a full stomach may be simply contentment but if you have it when you're hungry, it's genuine.

A youthful mind is seldom totally free from ambition; to curb that, is the first step to contentment, since to diminish expectation is to increase enjoyment.

People are never free of trying to be content.

Should; shouldn't; ought; oughtn't—the enemies of contentment.

Contentment may be the most powerful Financial Principle. You can give more, avoid debt, and live better.

Our purpose in life is to be happy. From the very core of our being, we simply desire contentment.

Contentment is one of the most distinguishing traits of the godly person, because a godly person has his heart focused on God rather than on possessions or position or power.

Sleep sweetly in the fields of asphodel, and waken, as of old, to stretch thy languid length, and purr thy soft contentment to the skies.

Contentment gives a crown, where fortune hath denied it.

If one's life is simple, contentment has to come.

Contentment is not escape from the battle, but rather an abiding peace and confidence in the midst of the battle.

Real contentment must come from within. You and I can not change or control the world around us, but we can change and control the world within us.