Quotes About Contentment

Oh how sweet to work for God all day, and then lie down at night beneath His smile.

Happiness lies in a large measure of self-forgetfulness, either in work . . . or in the love of others. ?

One cannot find peace in work or in pleasure, in the world or in a convent, but only in one's soul.

The best stuff in life isn't stuff at all... relationships, experiences & meaningful work are the staples of a happy life.

I would roll up pennies to take the subway to work in Times Square. I was broke, but I was happy.

Character is the basis of happiness and happiness the sanction of character.

No one can please everyone. Your mental peace is more important. If you are in peace, then others around you will feel peace. So your best effort should be to work on yourself.

He did nothing in particular, and did it very well.

No thoroughly occupied man was ever yet very miserable.

Family, work, familiarity. Listen, if I had a magic wand and I could make myself really be happy, I'd zap me onto a farm. And I know nothing about farming.

Establish a place of work where engineers can feel the joy of technological innovation, be aware of their mission to society and work to their heart's content.

It is not wealth one asks for, but just enough to preserve one's dignity, to work unhampered, to be generous, frank and independent.

Men who are driven are happy in their work and their vision but are not happy-go-lucky. Evelyn has a happiness and contentment most of the time -- she's my balance.

Don't get the green disease of envy. Don't be fooled by success and money. Don't let anything come between you and your work.

If you don't like what you're doing, it's unlikely anyone else will either, so be sure you are happy with your own work first.

We may all be a peculiar lot...often broke, often dissatisfied because we're not doing more and better work...but we know how to have a ball that makes the rest of the world seem square.

What is the worth of a happiness for which you must strive and work? Real happiness is spontaneous and effortless.

***Three Conditions of Happiness*** If you have work to do If you have someone you love If You have hope Then You are Happy now!

The narrow-minded who undertake any work will never be satisfied. They cannot understand the actions of those who are large hearted and broad-minded.

Working is beautiful and rewarding, but acquisition of wealth for its own sake is disgusting.

A man who has work that suits him and a wife, whom he loves, has squared his accounts with life.

If you love your work, if you enjoy it, you're already a success.

Learn to limit yourself; to content yourself with some definite work; dare to be what you are and learn to resign with a good grace all that you are not; and to believe in your own individuality.

You have to enjoy your job; you should wake up every day and love what you do... I honestly do... From the bottom of my heart to the depths of my soul. I'm truly happy.