Quotes About Contentment

I'm not really interested in making money.

I was sad because I had no shoes, until I met a man who had no feet. So I said, "Got any shoes you're not using?

You can't have everything... where would you put it? Steven Wright

My heart was full of softening showers, I used to swing like this for hours, I did not care for war or death, I was glad to draw my breath.

And it is this merry heart, he goes on to explain, and how it must be cantered in God, for this merry heart has a holy lightness that has nothing to do with outside excitements, no, it is centred in God and happy, because it knows that not all of itself can be good, or anything, but only in and through God.

A dying man needs to die, as a sleepy man needs to sleep, and there comes a time when it is wrong, as well as useless, to resist.

Enough," said he, "is always a little more than a man has.

Quanto vale aquela vontade de revolta que se recusa a funcionar quando a fome está saciada?

Het eenvoudige besef, te weten dat men voor altijd een stevig dak boven het hoofd heeft, een tafel om aan te werken, een ander om aan te eten, een bed om in te rusten na het werk, en voor de rest niets te verlangen of te begeren en alles laten zijn gang gaan. In niets geen zwarigheden maken: Ne donner aucune importance à des choses qui n'ont pas d'importance. Dát is het geluk.

Sometimes, there was sadness in Tayven, but never bitterness. How wonderful to feel that way, not to care.

His life comprised small, precise pleasures. Most people liked him, for he was quiet and gentle, but he did not yearn for their company. His ironic smile, springing auburn hair and attenuated good looks pleased women, yet he seemed not to notice the messages in their eyes.

Even in his confused condition, he knew how to please.

Tatrini watched Tayven and Rav outside, as they sat on the lawn: a picture of contentment and innocence.

For what I have received may the Lord make me truly thankful. And more truly for what I have not received.

For what I have received, my the Lord make me truly thankful. And more truly for what I have not received.

We will never be happy until we make God the source of our fulfillment and the answer to our longings. He is the only one who should have power over our souls.

God can be trusted to give us what we need when we need it. He does not guarantee to meet our wants. He meets our needs! He does not promise a stocked fridge—just today's food. Daily we learn to trust and we discover contentment. Sadly, if, like the Israelites, we don't listen, our manna may turn to maggots (16:20).

Good, that's a job well done," Grishmak said cheerfully. "Am I the only one who's hungry?

He turned the music up loud. So what if it would deafen him? It made him happy. Like it had so many times before.

Having everything in life is having nothing! But being alive is having the dream of everything and the prospect of nothing. .

I decided to practice revenge in a calmer way, by living well.

Every man who hopes to honor God and know true contentment in this life must be thoroughly convinced that God's ways are perfect.

Remember, it's Ok to get what you want from life.

you have the right to be satisfied with what you have and with what you are right now.