Quotes About Contentment

Remember to smile.

I don't struggle with feelings of insecurity any longer." "Good." "I'd say I'm pretty good at them.

That night, it rained on the other dogs, who slept outside in the cold barn, which leaked. But the little dog snuggled into a warm bed beside the fire, hugged by the farmer's children, his belly full. And as he did, the dog sadly thought to himself, 'I could not become a dragon. I am an utter and complete failure.' The end.

There were great advantages to being unimportant.

Vin closed her eyes, simply feeling the warmth of being held. And realized that was all she had ever really wanted.

At times, it seems to me that to be human is to want that which we cannot have. For some, this is power. For me, it is peace.

I doubt any dragon ever had it so good anyway.

When has any man ever been content with what he has? When has any tyrant said to himself, 'This is enough'?

A man is what he has passion about. If you give up what you want most for what you think you should want more, you'll end up miserable.

The whole world could be going wrong, but seeing her made him forget.

The things that others have always seem better than what you have

I've found that if you give up what you want most for what you think you should want more, you'll just end up miserable.

Once we have our atium, we'll be happy." "Not to mention rich," Ham added. "The two words are synonyms, Hammond," Breeze said.

Do not dismiss your own talents because you envy those of another.

The rest of the time, I don't do so much thinkin'. 'Cuz if I did, I'd go running back to where things is simple. You see?

it is human nature to believe that other places and other times are better than the here and now.

So warm. Comfortable. And strikingly unfamiliar. What was this peace? This place without fear?

Un hombre encuentra una sola moneda en el barro y habla de ello durante días, pero cuando le llega una herencia y es un uno por ciento menor de lo que esperaba, entonces se sentirá estafado.

When has any man ever been content with what he has?

I am a stick,' he said. He sounded satisfied.

Everything's going to change, Sazed, and I can't stop it." Sazed smiled fondly. "Then, Mistress," he said quietly, "simply enjoy what you have.

when men perceive the world as being right, we are content. But if we see a hole -a deficiency - we scramble to fill it.

There has to be a balance, Vin," he said. "Somehow, we'll find it. The balance between whom we wish to be and whom we need to be." He sighed. "But for now," he said, nodding to the side, "we simply have to be satisfied with who we are.

It was as if he were as comfortable when sitting properly as other people were when lounging.