Quotes About Contentment

Happiness is within. It has nothing to do with how much applause you get or how many people praise you. Happiness comes when you believe that you have done something truly meaningful.

Happiness in this world, when it comes, comes incidentally. Make it the object of pursuit, and it leads us a wild-goose chase, and is never attained.

Once you learn how to create your own happiness, no one can take it from you.

The greatest secret to happiness and peace is letting every life situation be what it is, instead of what you think it should be. Then, make the very best of it.

There is no way to happiness – happiness is the way.

The secret of happiness is to find a congenial monotony.

Happiness is the absence of the striving for happiness.

Wherever you live, you come to love it.

Instead of wasting my energy on hate and resentment, I'd rather invest my energy in love and contentment.

"Most people are about as happy as they make up their minds to be."

"The two foes of human happiness are pain and boredom."

12. The most important thing is to enjoy your life~to be happy~it's all that matters.

Love the life you live, and live the life you love.

The purpose of our lives is to be happy.

7. Find ecstasy in life; the mere sense of living is joy enough.

"Happy the man, and happy he alone, he who can cal today his own; he who, secure within, can say, tomorrow, do thy worst, for I have lived today."

I'm a quiet person, and I live a quiet, pleasant, ordinary, simple life.

"Happiness is like a butterfly. The more you chase it and chase it directly, the more it eludes you; but if you sit quietly and busy yourself with other things, it will come and light upon your shoulder."

I love life. I wish I could live another 500 years, truly. There is so much to do. I don't feel bitter or angry or disappointed. If anything, I am very grateful for where I come from. I have absolutely no regrets.

The key to finding a happy balance in modern life is simplicity.

Life is short, and if we enjoy every moment of every day, then we will be happy no matter what happens or what changes along the way.

Enjoy every moment because life is too short to fret over hardships.

Every little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself, in your way of thinking.

My theory on life is that life is beautiful. Life doesn't change. You have a day, and a night, and a month, and a year. We people change – we can be miserable or we can be happy. It's what you make of your life.