Quotes About Contentment

The most unhappy of all men is he who believes himself to be so.

He is happy that knoweth not himself to be otherwise.

When we have not what we love, we must love what we have.

Poverty - one thing money can't buy.

Rejoice always, pray constantly, and in all circumstances give thanks.

Thou who has given so much to me, give one thing more: a grateful heart.

If we pray for anything according to the will of God, we already have what we pray for the moment we ask it. We do not know exactly when it will arrive; but we have learned to know God through the Spirit of God, and have learned to leave this in His hands, and to live just as happily whether the answer arrives immediately or later.

The truly proud man is satisfied with his own good opinion, and does not seek to make converts to it.

I do not believe that any peacock envies another peacock his tail, because every peacock is persuaded that his own tail is the finest in the world. The consequence of this is that peacocks are peaceable birds.

If all our misfortunes were laid in one common heap, whence everyone must take an equal portion, most people would be content to take their own and depart.

They shall sit every man under his vine and under his fig-tree.

Dine on little, and sup on less.

Tis better than riches To scratch when it itches.

Expect nothing and life will be velvet.

The way to achieve happiness is to have a high standard for yourself and a medium one for everyone else.

No one is happy all his life long.

Don't fool yourself that you are going to have it all. You are not. Psychologically, having it all is not even a valid concept. The marvelous thing about human beings is that we are perpetually reaching for the stars. The more we have, the more we want. And for this reason, we never have it all.

Nobody has things just as he would like them. The thing to do is to make a success with what material I have. It is a sheer waste of time and soul-power to imagine what I would do if things were different. They are not different.

We must like what we have when we don't have what we like.

To seek fulfillment is to invite frustration.

No, Doctor, I don't want to grow young again. I just want to keep on growing old.

My expectations-which I extended whenever I came close to accomplishing my goals-made it impossible ever to feel satisfied with my success.

A little house well filled, a little land well tilled, and a little wife well willed, are great riches.

Ah, if the rich were rich as the poor fancy riches!