Quotes About Contentment

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

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

I sometimes wake in the early morning & listen to the soft breathing of my child & I think to myself, this is one thing I will never regret & I carry that quiet with me all day long.

And Chief Engineer Graham? He never even tried to leave his post at the controls. He simply stood there and watched as the water rose to engulf him: and reflected on how much better it was to enjoy ten seconds longer as a ship's engineer than live ten more years as a friendless, shore-bound relic. And then he died too, in the most contented moment of his life.

The more 'otter it is, the more 'otter otters likes it

Love is not jealous.

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Stop doing this to yourself, man. Find something that makes you happy and be that. We can't let the fear of our fucked up lives stop us from finding our bliss.

Maybe, she thought, it was because it was still too new. It's foolish to speak of your happiness before you're sure you have it.

If you treat what you value most in life more like a garden and less like a vending machine, you'll probably be happier. (from You Oughta Know By Now)

22True enrichment comes from the blessing of the Lord, with rest and contentmentt in knowing that it all comes from him.

27Living in the worship and awe of God will bring you many years of contented living. So how could the wicked ever expect to have a long, happy life?

laughed and played, so happy with what he had made, while finding my delight in the children of men.

Whatever terrific events may inform our lives, it always comes to that in the end; we just want to lie down.

It's just me and my 6-month-old puppy. I am not dating anyone.

They may call me a sinner, but I am at peace with myself.

Here's the thing that I think about life - if you manage to get into a space where you don't need that much, where the overhead of your life is not that great and you're pretty happy and relaxed without that much stuff, you are really liberated because you never have to say yes to something because you want another refrigerator or car!

I had what, I wanted, it was with me, in the room, including the room itself. Was it possible that we hear that voice not when we want something else but when we're in danger of losing the things we already have?

Maybe that's the problem with being someplace beautiful: it makes it impossible to live anywhere else that's not.

It is quite possible to be a good Christian without ceasing to be a happy, merry-hearted man.

The trouble is not that I am single and likely to stay single, but that I am lonely and likely to stay lonely.

How freeing it can be to realize that maybe we don't "need" everything we think we do-instead, what we need to do is scale back on our perceived needs.

I find peace anywhere I go. It depends on what is within the walls of my own home.

It is often said that the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result. But I suggest that the definition of sanity is doing the same thing over and over again, and being perfectly happy with the result.