Quotes About Contentment

People argued less on a full stomach.

A felicidade Morava tão vizinha Que, de tolo Até pensei que fosse minha Chico Buarque

É sempre bom lembrar que um copo vazio está cheio de ar.

From where the sun now stands, I will fight no more, forever.

But no one can get inner peace by pouncing on it, by vigorously willing to have it.

How beautiful it is to do nothing, and then to rest afterward.

Today I'd like to sit and sip, Forget about the world a bit, Ignore the things I have to do, And just enjoy a cup or two.

Mrs. Harker gave us a cup of tea, and I can honestly say that, for the first time since I have lived in it, this old house seemed like home.

There is indeed scarcely any writer who has not celebrated the happiness of rural privacy, and delighted himself and his reader with the melody of birds, the whisper of groves, and the murmur of rivulets...

Sweet are the thoughts that savour of content: The quiet mind is richer than a crown... Such sweet content, such minds, such sleep, such bliss, Beggars enjoy, when princes oft do miss... Obscurèd life sets down a type of bliss; A mind content both crown and kingdom is.

How often we fail to realize our good fortune in living in a country where happiness is more than a lack of tragedy.

Sufficient unto the day is one baby. As long as you are in your right mind don't you ever pray for twins. Twins amount to a permanent riot; and there ain't any real difference between triplets and a insurrection.

Weekend goals: not leaving my bedroom, not leaving my house, not going to a party. My childhood punishments have become my adult goals.

I hide myself in the quiet white of winter and nestle in her comforting folds of cold oblivion

Worry shortens life. Nervous diseases are a scourge to the country and they are the affliction of the human family only. No bird ever tries to build more nests than its neighbor. The fox does not fret because he has only one hole in which to hide. The squirrel does not sicken and die of anxiety lest he should not accumulate enough nuts for two winters instead of one. The dog loses no sleep over the fact that he does not have enough bones laid aside for his declining years.

Gratitude is the best attitude.

Enjoy simple things with total intensity. Just a cup of tea can be a deep meditation.

A man without a wife is like a vase without flowers.

When your life flashes before your eyes, make sure you've got plenty to watch.

Criminal Minds, The Dance of Love: "Perhaps when we find ourselves wanting everything, it is because we are dangerously close to wanting nothing."

Hay is more acceptable to an ass than gold.

The grass may be greener on the other side of the fence, but you still have to mow it.

Ah! there is nothing like staying at home, for real comfort.

Remember wishing the weekend would last forever? Are you happy now?!