Quotes About Contentment

But tonight, the lion of contentment has placed a warm heavy paw on my chest.

but I had learned over the years that if you're not happy doing what you're doing, then you shouldn't be doing it.

Read the Bible. Work hard and honestly. And don't complain.

Pero hay otra clase de felicidad, la que todos hemos estado anhelando y buscando. Esta segunda clase de felicidad es paz y gozo internos y duraderos que sobreviven a cualquier circunstancia.

America's Declaration of Independence speaks of "the pursuit of happiness," but nowhere in the Bible are we told to pursue this. Happiness is elusive, and we don't find it by seeking it.

Joy is not gush; Joy is not jolliness. Joy is simply perfect acquiescence in God's will, because the soul delights itself in God Himself.

Grumbling and gratitude are, for the child of God, in conflict. Be grateful and you won't grumble. Grumble and you won't be grateful.

Taking this "servant" attitude of thankfulness in all of life's circumstances will help you react as old Matthew Henry did when he was mugged. He wrote in his diary, "Let me be thankful first because I was never robbed before; second, although they took my purse, they did not take my life; third, because although they took my all, it was not much; and fourth, because it was I who was robbed, not I who robbed.

Happy is the person who has learned the secret of being content with whatever life brings him, and has learned to rejoice in the simple and beautiful things around him.

There are things which money cannot buy; which no music can bring; which no social position can claim; which no personal influence can assure; and which no eloquence can command.

Though we have less to worry about than previous generations, we have more worry. Though we have it easier than our forefathers, we have more uneasiness. Though we have less real cause for anxiety than our predecessors, we are inwardly more anxious.

We say, "Happy are the clever, for they shall inherit the admiration of their friends"; "Happy are the aggressive, for they shall inherit a career"; "Happy are the rich, for they shall inherit a world of friends and a house full of modern gadgets." Jesus said, "[Happy] are the meek; for they shall inherit the earth" [see Matthew 5:5]. If we want the secret of happiness . . ."meekness" is a basic key.

There is nothing wrong with men possessing riches. The wrong comes when riches possess men.

Men and women who give [Christ] first place find that there is no need for anxiety about this world's goods.

Delighting in the Lord alters the desires.

Hay dos clases de felicidad. Una nos llega cuando las circunstancias son placenteras y estamos relativamente libres de problemas. El inconveniente con esta clase de felicidad es que es fugaz y superficial.

Most people yearn for one thing more than anything else: inner peace. Without it they have no lasting happiness or security.

Until you actually possess true peace with God, no one can describe its wonders to you.

Without Him our daily routine would become tiresome and tedious, a drudgery rather than a joy.

The happiest people I know are separated followers of Jesus Christ. They are not dependent on artificial stimulants. They do not resort to sick, dirty jokes. They do not abuse their bodies to relax their minds.

Worries flee before a spirit of gratitude

Unless the soul is fed and exercised daily, it becomes weak and shriveled. It remains discontented, confused, restless.

The happiness which brings enduring worth to life is not the superficial happiness that is dependent on circumstances. It is the happiness and contentment that fills the soul even in the midst of the most distressing of circumstances and the most adverse environment.

Nadie está tan vacío como el que cree que está lleno.