Quotes About Contentment

Some have too much, yet still do crave; I little have, and seek no more. They are but poor, though much they have, And I am rich with little store.

I've got a nice car. I love my job. I've got a bagel store, and I have breakfast every morning with friends I grew up with. I've been in movies, I've written books - I don't know how that all happened.

One must realise his Self in order to open the store of unalloyed happiness.

I don't want to be more famous than what I have right now. At least in that sense where people come up to me in the grocery store.

I have days where the only words I say are to the person making my sandwich at the grocery store.

I used to say that stores were like museums. I appreciated it, I could look at it, but it really wasn't for me and I couldn't have it.

So the storm passed and every one was happy.

I started 'Storyline' after I'd accomplished all my goals and still wasn't happy. I'd become a 'New York Times' bestselling author, which was my goal from high school, and yet I was less happy after accomplishing my goals than I was before.

I'm so straight and boring, really. I have two kids and a very nice partner.

I might get some more animals or something, but I'm done with the kids. I got a boy, I got a girl, and I got an older boy. I'm straight.

There is a strange reluctance on the part of most people to admit they enjoy life.

In a strange way, I feel like we need to cultivate more boredom in our lives: like, boredom needs to be okay again. It needs to be seen as a good thing, and I think it's definitely a good thing for relationships.

At age 68, I expect to be strapped to the couch with the remote control like Jim Royle.

One of these days I'm gonna love me And feel the joy of sweet release One of these days I'll rise above me And at last I'll find some peace And then I'm gonna smile a little And maybe even laugh a little But one of these days... I'm gonna love me

She felt either apathy or hostility toward almost everyone, and she was happy that way.

I loved this place. You could prop up the bar and watch the world go by; no one made you talk or expected anything of you

Don't tell me the glass is half-full or half-empty; you either have something in that glass or you don't.

meaning is one of our greatest needs, and when it's fulfilled, we can endure any type of suffering with dignity.

You can't be negative when you're in giving-thanks mode. You can't be jealous of others when you are filled with a sense of personal abundance. Gratitude will improve your attitude and lift the altitude at which you fly in life.

Life is spectacular. Forget the dark things. Take a drink and let time wash them away to where ever time washes away to.

Life is spectacular. Forget the dark things. Take a drink and let time wash them away to wherever time washes things away to.

My job is okay. You know what an okay job is, don't you? It's a job you only hate some of the time instead of all of the time

We all know what a snooze perfection can be.

His wife isn't attractive in any official way, but she is beautiful. It's awesome when she shows up at the store—her face beams, his face beams, and I'm sure my face beams just from watching the two of them.