Quotes About Contentment

Ifall det är någon som inte vet vad pensionerad betyder så är det att man får göra precis vad man har lust till i frid och ro när man har blivit tillräckligt gammal. Åtminstone hade hemulens släktingar förklarat det så.

een spannende gedachte begon vorm te krijgen; de mogelijkheid om alleen te zijn, helemaal in je eentje, in alle rust en vol verwachting, bijna een soort dwaasheid die je je kunt permitteren wanneer je gezegend bent met liefde.

I only want to live in peace, plant potatoes and dream!

Lie on the bridge and watch the water flowing past. Or run, or wade through the swamp in your red boots. Or roll yourself up and listen to the rain falling on the roof. It's very easy to enjoy yourself.

But that's how it is when you start wanting to have things. Now, I just look at them, and when I go away I carry them in my head. Then my hands are always free, because I don't have to carry a suitcase.

I'll have to calm down a bit. Or else I'll burst with happiness

It's like he's a puppy that's finally pooped outside,

As I get older, I just prefer to knit.

Funny thing is, there's only so much you can fill up with earthly things. There's an empty place and a void inside that only God can fill and some folks never figure that out.

Instead of asking Him to remember you, why not pray to find comfort and value where He has taken you.

This book was home to her, more than the palazzo and it's fine furnishings could ever be.

I have a bed and enough to eat and kind people about me. God is still with me. For these things I am grateful and have no reason to complain

I define success as being comfortable with yourself and your life. And that is about as good as it gets, really.

Milligan now acted as if he were the happiest man alive - and perhaps he was. Having so long ago exited his life as a father, he had now, at long last, entered it again.

Nicholas lay with his hands on his chest, thinking how hollow it felt, like an empty gourd. He had never missed having a family, though he had wanted one all his life.

Things are much more pleasant when you stop being angry.

Everything is as it should be.

With God, it's possible to be content wherever we are, with whatever we have.

People ought to enjoy every day of their lives. (Referencing Ecclesiastes Chapter 11 in the Bible)

Always take a moment each day to give thanks for life. While some of us are busy seeking happiness and chasing our dreams, many would trade a day of good health for anything.

The older you get, you will come to the realization that happiness in life is not always about having the best of everything. Some people are happier with less because they choose to make the best of what they have.

Laughter is tranquilizer without side effects.

I don't want to own anything until I know I've found the place where me and things belong together. I'm not quite sure where that is just yet. But I know what it's like.... It's like Tiffany's.... Not that I give a hoot about jewelry. Diamonds, yes. But it's tacky to wear diamonds before you're forty...

To rejoice in another's prosperity is to give content to your lot; to mitigate another's grief is to alleviate or dispel your own.