Quotes About Contentment

If you have health, you probably will be happy, and if you have health and happiness, you have all the wealth you need, even if it is not all you want.

There is nothing we can desire or want that we do not find in God.

Wise people are in want of nothing, and yet need many things. On the other hand, nothing is needed by fools, for they do not understand how to use anything, but are in want of everything.

Human beings are afraid of dying. They are always running after something: money, honor, and pleasure. But if you had to die now, what would you want?

I am obsessed with beauty. I want everything to be perfect, and of course it isn't. And that's a tough place to be because you're never satisfied.

The biggest lesson I've learned . . . was that if you have all the fresh water you want to drink and all the food you want to eat, you ought never to complain about anything.

If we listen human instinct actually tells us what we need, but advertising makes us want things we don't need and things we can't have.

Food, clothing and shelter — these are the basic needs. Beyond that, if you want anything, it is the beginning of self-deception.

You may not get what you want, but God always gives you what you need.

I want to sleep for eternity with a broad smile on my face. I want those who remain behind to say this man has done his duty.

I do not read advertisements. I would spend all of my time wanting things.

I just want to make a tray of good tofu. If people want something else, they should go to the restaurants and shops.

Day by day we are given not what we want but what we need. Sometimes it is a feast and sometimes...swept crumbs, but by faith we believe it is enough.

If i can't have what i want . . . then my job is to want what i've got and be satisfied that at least there is something more to want

I realize everybody wants what they don't have. But at the end of the day, what you have inside is much more beautiful than what's on the outside!

If you want to be happy, try only to please God, not people.

Want what you have and you will always get what you want.

Protect me from what I want.

Salary is no object: I want only enough to keep body and soul apart.

Live and let live. I want to be happy and be loved...that's all.

I do not ask to be young again; all I want is to go on getting older.

There are days when simply seeing feels like happiness itself....You feel so rich, the elation seems almost excessive and you want to share it

Here's a little song I wrote. You might want to sing it note for note. Don't worry, be happy.

... if God took the trouble to tell us eight hundred times to be glad and rejoice, He must want us to do it—SOME.