Quotes About Contentment

I'm kind of a homebody. My husband says I like to just stay home and do nothing, but that's just how I am.

It's nice to be with someone, but I don't think you need to be in a relationship to feel complete. That would be really sad.

Here's what I want you to know: I loved my life. For so long I was waiting for it to start, waiting for more. It seemed like all I did was drive and shop and wait. But you know what? I didn't miss a thing with my family. Not a moment. I was there for all of it. That's what I'll remember, and they'll have each other.

The man whose interests are all outside is never satisfied with what is necessary, but is perpetually hankering after something more and better which, true to his bias, he always seeks outside himself. He forgets completely that, for all his outward successes, he himself remains the same inwardly. . .Obviously the outward lives of men could do with a lot more bettering and beautifying, but those things lose their meaning when the inner man does not keep pace with them.

La soledad es peligrosa. Es adictiva. Una vez que te das cuenta de cuanta paz hay en ella, no quieres lidiar con la gente.

I'm not perfect... But I'm enough.

Clients seem to move toward more openly being a process, a fluidity, a changing. They are not disturbed to find that they are not the same from day to day, that they do not always hold the same feelings toward a given experience or person, that they are not always consistent. They are in flux, and seem more content to continue in this flowing current. The striving for conclusions and end states seems to diminish.

the best financial plan has nothing to do with what the markets are doing, nothing to do with what your real estate agent is telling you, nothing to do with the hot stock your brother-in-law told you about. It has everything to do with what's most important to you.

Most people fantasize that if they won the lottery, they would quit their jobs and immerse themselves in leisure, play, family, parenthood, occasional thrilling sex; they'd eat when they were hungry and sleep whenever they felt sleepy. Many people, if they won the lottery and got rich quick, would want to live like elephants.

The secret of happiness is to admire without desiring.

My dream life is just to go back to my job full-time. And be with my family. You know, regular dreams, common dreams that everyone has.

The one who gets you is the one who makes you forget you ever desired anything as dull and ridiculous as perfection.

Era una giornata meravigliosa: di quelle così splendidamente romane che perfino uno statale di ottavo grado, ma vicino a zompà ner settimo, be', puro quello se sente allacciasse ar core un nun socché, un quarche cosa che rissomija a la felicità

Que a felicidade não dependa do tempo, nem da paisagem, nem da sorte, nem do dinheiro. Que ela possa vir com toda simplicidade, de dentro para fora, de cada um para todos. Que as pessoas saibam falar, calar, e acima de tudo ouvir. Que tenham amor ou então sintam falta de não tê-lo. Que tenham ideais e medo de perdê-lo. Que amem ao próximo e respeitem sua dor. Para que tenhamos certeza de que: "Ser feliz sem motivo é a mais autêntica forma de felicidade.

Ser feliz sem motivo é a mais autêntica forma de felicidade.

Eis que assisto a meu desmonte palmo a palmo e não me aflijo de me tornar planície

Happiness includes all numbers. It's infinite and eternal.

The truth is, I'm proud of the life I've lived so far, and though I've made my share of mistakes, I have no regrets.

We were enough with ourselves and our enormous little lives.

If you don't have a valentine, hang out with your girlfriends, don't go looking for someone. When it's right, they'll come to you.

El secreto de la felicidad está en no insistir (Gregorio Martínez Sierra).

She had never met anyone who was more of a sure thing, sure to stay put in her life now that he'd walked through its door. Now she could unhook her hopes from lost love. Now she didn't have to go looking for a future.

There are a lot of good-looking men out there. But keep in mind that no matter how cute and sexy a guy is, there's always some woman somewhere who is sick of him.

We gather others to follow the good when our knowledge of the way is so strong that doubt can no longer invade our inner serenity; when we no longer feel any need to convince, contend with, or woo people; when we no longer try to employ giant steps or to skip steps in order to make swift progress; when we no longer try to achieve something without working for it.