Quotes About Contentment

Wealth ... is a relative thing since he that has little and wants less is richer than he that has much but wants more.

Sometimes when you have everything, you can't really tell what matters.

Having given all he had, He then is very rich indeed.

Wealth is not his that has it, but his who enjoys it.

Life is short. The sooner that a man begins to enjoy his wealth the better.

I am rich beyond the dreams of avarice.

Thou hast been called, O sleep! the friend of woe; But 'tis the happy who have called thee so.

If a man could half his wishes he would double his Troubles.

Men never think their fortunes too great, nor their wit too little.

The secret of being miserable is to have leisure to bother about whether you are happy or not. The cure for it is occupation.

Worry is a futile thing, it's somewhat like a rocking chair, Although is keeps you occupied, it doesn't get you anywhere.

Which of you by being anxious can add one cubit unto his stature?

Cast away care; he that loves sorrow lengthens not a day, nor can he buy tomorrow.

There are two days in the week about which and upon which I never worry. ... One of these days is Yesterday ... And the other day I do not worry about is Tomorrow.

Be, therefore, not anxious about tomorrow; for tomorrow will be anxious for the things of itself.

If only the people who worry about their liabilities would think about the riches they do possess, they would stop worrying. Would you sell both your eyes for a million dollars ... or your two legs ... or your hands ... or your hearing? Add up what you do have, and you'll find that you won't sell them for all the gold in the world. The best things in life are yours, if you can appreciate yourself.

Peace of mind is that mental condition in which you have accepted the worst.

That man is blest Who does his best And leaves the rest, Then-do not worry.

Happy the man who has broken the chains which hurt the mind, and has given up worrying, once and for all.

To be rich is not the end, but only a change, of worries.

A man ninety years old was asked to what he attributed his longevity. "I reckon," he said, with a twinkle in his eye, "it's because most nights I went to bed and slept when I should have sat up and worried."

Glee! The great storm is over!

Three glasses of wine can set everything to rights.

There is no such thing as a happy life — there are only happy days.