Quotes About Contentment

I have no real ambition or strategy. If this was all to finish, it's totally fine. There's a lot more to do out there than put on silly frocks and shout for a living. I could always go back to, 'Would you like soup with that?'

Never stray from life's purpose. Refrain from counting someone else's blessings instead of your own.

I haven't got a green bone in my body. I have not got a jealous streak of any type at all.

I've never had an adventurous streak in me.

I don't live with the 'right' people. I don't want to. I don't want to live with the rich in Beverly Hills or walk the streets of Hollywood. I want to go to K-mart and get good deals.

I'm not out in the streets. I'm not out in the club, at parties. I'm not really at movie premieres. After games, after practice, I'm home, I'm with my kids, I'm with my girl, and I'm chilling.

The world assumes that we are very happy with high mansions, fine carriages, servants and attendants, huge investments, and concubines. But he who is without the honor and strength of the soul can be anything but happy.

Inside, Penlee House is without pretension. It is a space that knows its limitations and its strengths - and makes the most of them.

People die millionaires. All your life, you're gonna stress money?

The moment I see my daughter's face, I am instantly happier, my stress just disappears, and I forget everything else.

It's such a stress always trying to get bigger houses and larger cars and better schools. Of course, parents want to give their children the best opportunities in life, but sometimes that can stifle them.

I don't feel the pressure and stress of having to be a comic in a club every night. I accomplished a lot of things; I did lot of things, and I don't feel like I'm missing out when I am home with my son.

Money definitely doesn't stress me out. I really don't care about money... I probably should a little more.

I've been rich; I've been poor. I've been successful; I've been decimated. And the way I felt inside didn't change dramatically. It's less stressful to have money, that's for sure. But that doesn't mean I felt fulfilled. So I've learned to live in the smaller moments of life.

I am always in my space and it's a happy space. It gets stressful at times, but that's a part and parcel of our job.

I should say that generally I'm a pretty happy person, but as soon as I'm done with a project, I'm usually not happy at all. I feel a little empty and strange. I begin to think about how I can get better, stretch more artistically and intellectually. My biggest worry is getting complacent.

My birth mom has certainly not lived a life of means in any stretch of the imagination, nor does she want to.

Most people don't get the chance to do whatever their dream in life was. I have ended up doing exactly what I wanted to do and it has been more enjoyable, challenging, stretching and fulfilling than I would have dared to imagine.

I take life in its stride and accept every single second happily.

I try to take everything in my stride and remain humble, and to enjoy playing as much as possible.

I have a good family and I like to be home with them. The older I get, the lazier I get, and the more content I am to sit at home and eat string cheese.

Over the years, I've found myself drawn more and more to simpler meals, to dishes that are focused, and to experiences that strip away the excess.

I have stripped back with loads of things, my hair, my make-up, my lips, right down to my clothes. I feel less is more.

So we strive for perfection in the areas in which we can control, and that isn't necessarily what provides contentment and joy for ourselves and, more importantly, for our children.