Quotes About Contentment

life worth living might be measured in many ways, but the one way that stands above all others is living a life of no regrets.

Wanting more money just for the sake of getting it won't bring the happiness you seek from it. Happiness happens when you have bigger purpose than having more fulfills, which is why we say happiness happens on the way of fulfillment

To become a servant is to become strong spiritually. It means we are free from the petty demands and grievances that ruin so many lives and turn so many hearts into bitter cauldrons of disappointment, self-absorption, and self-pity.

John Wesley once boldly proclaimed that it is not possible for a man to be happy who is not also holy, and the way he explains it makes much sense. Who can be truly "happy" while filled with anger, rage, and malice? Who can be happy while nursing resentment or envy? Who can be honestly happy while caught in the sticky compulsion of an insatiable lust or incessant materialism

Trying to find contentment in this world without addressing the inner person is no more drastic a change than simply changing cubicles while continuing to work for the same company. Your location may change, but the overall environment is exactly the same.

You won't find happiness at the end of a road named selfishness.

Success in life is peace of mind, the feeling of having no regrets. It comes from knowing you did your best.

I don't go to premieres. I don't go to parties. I don't covet the Oscar. I don't want any of that. I don't go out. I just have dinner at home every night with my kids. Being famous, that's a whole other career. And I haven't got any energy for it.

Everything I know I learned from my cat: When you're hungry, eat. When you're tired, nap in a sunbeam. When you go to the vet's, pee on your owner.

Because nothing should be wasted In a world where sparrows work hard To prove there is enough.

People are chasing cash, not happiness. When you chase money, you're going to lose. You're just going to. Even if you get the money, you're not going to be happy.

I want to sit with 80- and 90-year-old people more than anyone. They have played this game before. Not one of them has told me, 'I wish I had more money.'

He had a heart that could have held the entire empire of the world; and, in the end, he had to content himself with a cellar.

Nothing brings joy as does a tamed, controlled, attended and restrained heart. This heart brings joy.

For he that is delighted by concord, And who abideth in the Law, Falleth not from Security.

The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, nor to worry about the future, but to live the present moment wisely and earnestly.

Falling into Place: deciding everything is falling into place perfectly as long as you don't get too picky about what you mean by place. Or perfectly.

What I'm mostly good at is sleeping, he once told me in confidence, but he added, I don't see much future in it.

Trapped mainly by wanting things to be exactly as they are, only better

Mr Right: He loved her for almost everything she was & she decided that was enough to let him stay for a very long time.

Life Plan: I asked her what she planned to do with her life & she said she was way beyond that point already. I'm just happy I remember to be there when it happens, she said.

If you were smart, you'd probably spend more time stretching, he said & I said, If I were really smart, I'd probably spend more time just sitting in the shade drinking lemonade.

The Whole World: My favorite thing is being your lap while we sit there together & love the whole world.

I should probably give up pretending I'm going to be somebody someday, he said, but a rich fantasy life is one of my best qualities. —Fantasy Life