Quotes About Contentment

Often I ask, deeply moved in my heart, Why does God grant me so much happiness. Where everything is given one, one cannot be proud, one bows one's head in humility.

Happy domestic life is like a beautiful summer's evening; the heart is filled with peace; and everything around derives a peculiar glory.

Just living is not enough... one must have sunshine, freedom, and a little flower.

E che cosa ce ne faremo della ricchezza? La posso mangiare? Dormirò meglio quando sarò ricco? Non andrò forse più in fabbrica, e che cosa farò tutto il giorno? No, Borkhausen, io non voglio diventare ricco e in questo modo, poi, certamente no. Una simile ricchezza non vale neanche un morto.

There's always something lacking for human happiness, we can never be perfectly content.

I try to stress to my children that buying something never leads to true happiness.

Envy is the art of counting the other fellow's blessings instead of your own.

Nothing was wrong, except that nothing was wrong.

Do Yourself a Favor—Love Yourself as You Are

If we want to keep the blessings of life coming to us, we must learn to be grateful for whatever is given.

Most of our people have never had it so good.

You don't become happy by pursuing happiness. You become happy by living a life that means something.

Much of the time, we cannot control what happens to us. But we can always control how we respond to what happens to us. If we cannot choose to be lucky, to be talented, to be loved, we can choose to be grateful, to be content with who we are and what we have, and to act accordingly.

People are so busy chasing happiness- if they would slow down and turn around, they would give it a chance to catch up with them.

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

If you concentrate on finding whatever is good in every situation, you will discover that your life will suddenly be filled with gratitude, a feeling that nurtures the soul

The peace we seek in the world is first found within.

Money isn't everything, but the lack of money isn't anything.

My dear cousin, can you be satisfied with such a way of spending your probation?

A sense of peace came over me and I must have been smiling as I fell asleep.

I'm free and happy because I accepted myself as I am and found a life that suits me

As I lie on my couch by the fireplace, looking out from my hillside home at the snow leading down to the ocean, with the right woman in my arms, a glass of Bordeaux beside me and a Puccini opera on the stereo system, knowing that I've earned the pleasure I feel, I'm so glad I didn't let someone else decide what's best for me.

You know what's funny? I don't ever feel the need to escape. I have a strong marriage. I like my life. You hear about these guys having midlife crises - I don't see that happening to me.

I've never enjoyed myself. I'm incapable of enjoying myself. There's just some people who don't enjoy themselves very much.