Quotes About Contentment

Three things ruin a man power, money, and women. I never wanted power. I never had any money, and the only woman in my life is up at the house right now.

Once a decision was made, I did not worry about it afterward.

You know when people can get excited over the ordinary things in life, they live

I'm not just retiring from the company, I'm also retiring from my stress, my commute, my alarm clock, and my iron.

But who can say what's best? That's why you need to grab whatever chance you have of happiness where you find it, and not worry about other people too much. My experience tells me that we get no more than two or three such chances in a life time, and if we let them go, we regret it for the rest of our lives.

Stones don't walk.They're so perfect they've nowhere to go.

The life of less, one bent on simplicity, and not needing or wanting anything other than what God has deemed good for you turns out to be all you could ever need or want.

When Christ becomes all you need, you will find happy all around you, because he never disappoints.

If of thy mortal goods thou art bereft, And from thy slender store two loaves alone to thee are left, Sell one, and with the dole Buy hyacinths to feed thy soul. Attributed to the Gulistan of Moslih Eddin Saadi

Every now and then, when the world sits just right, a gentle breath of heaven fills my soul with delight...

The soul's true happiness lies in experiencing the inner joy, and it will never be fully satisfied with outer, seeming pleasures. Its connection is with God, and nothing short of perfection will ever satisfy it.

And then we think that if these conditions would only change into something that we wish, it would make our life easier. But that is an inexperienced expectation. If we were placed in the very conditions that we had just desired, believing them to be the best, we would not even then say that we were quite satisfied. We would surely find something lacking in that condition also. For

The soul's happiness is in itself; nothing can make the soul fully happy but self-realization.

It is the soul which is happiness itself, not all outer things which man seeks after, and which he thinks will give him happiness. The very fact that man is continually craving for happiness shows that the real element, which may be called man's real being, is not what has formed his body and what has composed his mind, but what he is in himself.

Out in the radish fields, she did not have to impress, outthink, or outperform anyone.

Even though it is logically obvious that we must accept equilibrium, we are not built to be satisfied with it because being unsatisfied has been an excellent strategy for the last several billion years.

Many of us learn to construct a clear and precise vision of what we want, but we're never taught how to enjoy what we actually have. There will always be more victories to strive for, more strangers to charm, more images to collect and pin to our vision boards. It's hard to want what we have; it's far easier to want everything in the world.

The question isn't whether or not your stuff sparks joy. The question is: Can you spark joy all by yourself?

And maybe when he died, he didn't think, "Is this all I get?" the way we, the narrow-minded living, might imagine, in the face of such a premature death. Maybe he thought, "I lived a rich life. I embraced what I was given, and it was incredible.

Instead of toggling between victory and defeat, we have to learn to live in the middle, in the gray area, where a real life can unfold on its own time.

Many of us learn to construct a clear and precise vision of what we want, but we're never taught how to enjoy what we actually have.

It's hard to want what we have; it's far easier to want everything in the world.

I used to be more like that woman, having fun with whatever task was in front of me instead of freaking out about how I looked to other people. I need to figure out how to get back there. My life has turned out great. Sow why am I comparing myself to perfectly styled, enviable, energetic professional in my head?...I keep saying to myself: "This is all wrong You are all wrong."..."You should be a shiny, infallible adult by now. Why are you still such a mess?

I AM AN OLD NOBODY AND I LOVE WHAT I DO