Quotes About Contentment

Hay is more acceptable to an ass than gold.

A smiling face is half the meal.

if she'd learned nothing else over the past few years, she knew that things were not always as they appeared. Success and money had nothing to do with happiness. Hustle and bustle didn't mean better. And simple wasn't synonymous with boring.

It's harder to appreciate what you don't have to look hard to find.

Try to want what you have, instead of spending your strength trying to get what you want." —ABRAHAM L. FEINBERG

As I watch him, a sudden recognition comes over me: Tonight, I can be anyone I want… maybe being happy only means living in the moment, appreciating the exact moment you're in and not thinking about the worries of the future.

All of live is a celebration if you just find the right spot in the sun to take it all in

Todos merecemos un final feliz.

He didn't run from something or to something, not for anyone or in spite of anyone; he ran because it was what his body wished to do. The restiveness, the self-consciousness, and the need to oppose disappeared. All he felt was peace.

Non correva via da qualcosa o verso qualcosa, non correva per qualcuno o a dispetto di qualcuno: correva perché era quello che il suo corpo desiderava fare. L'irrequietezza, l'insicurezza e il bisogno di contrapporsi scomparvero. Tutto quello che sentiva era pace.

Am I ever happy," he wrote to Louie. "I have to go around with my shirt open so that I have enough room for my chest." Louie

In the morning he rose to run again. He didn't run from something or to something, not for anyone or in spite of anyone; he ran because it was what his body wished to do. The restiveness, the self-consciousness, and the need to oppose disappeared. All he felt was peace.

This, this little home," he said, "was worth all of it.

His books were the closest thing he had to furniture and he lived in them the way other men live in easy chairs.

I just thought I was empty and now I'm being filled...and I just wanted to keep being filled.

The real things haven't changed. It is still best to be honest and truthful; to make the most of what we have; to be happy with simple pleasures; and have courage when things go wrong.

I am beginning to learn that it is the sweet, simple things of life which are the real ones after all.

The real things haven't changed. It is still best to be honest and truthful; to make the most of what we have; to be happy with simple pleasures; and have courage when things go wrong.

Home is the nicest word there is.

Peace is a beautiful answer to any question.

Strange it's such a quiet peaceful existence and I'm enjoying it so thoroughly.

The point is, all my life I've hung back, never going after what I really wanted, trying to be content with settling for less. Meanwhile, life went on all around me, but I was never really a part of it.

You long to jump off, but you just can't work up the nerve, so you tell yourself you're content to look at the view.

Well, all's well that ends well, so they say," remarked Mr. Bobbsey,