Quotes About Contentment

We want for our children, as we want for ourselves, our lives at home, at work and at play, to be lives of joy and peace.

The more objects you set your heart upon, the more thorns there are to tear your peace of mind to shreds.

There is no need to go to India or anywhere else to find peace. You will find that deep place of silence right in your room, your garden or even your bathtub.

The more we control our mind, the more our inner peace increases and the happier we become

The more peace there is in us, the more peace there will be in our troubled world.

Enlightenment, peace, and joy will not be granted by someone else. The well is within us, And if we dig deeply in the present moment, The water will spring forth.

The only man completely at peace is a man without a navel.

Success is the peace of mind that comes when you know you have given everything you have to give to the opportunities that life has presented you.

When we are filled with the Spirit of God, we are filled with joy, with peace and with happiness no matter what our circumstances may be; for it is a spirit of cheerfulness and of happiness.

Great peace is found in little busy-ness.

I take it that what all men are really after is some form or perhaps only some formula of peace.

Joy is peace dancing and peace is joy at rest.

Let us be ashamed of our slowness in thanking God when He gives, and of our quickness in grumbling at Him when He takes away.

There may be no trumpet sound or loud applause when we make a right decision, just a calm sense of resolution and peace.

Balance, peace, and joy are the fruit of a successful life.

I know exactly what I want. Everything. Calm, peace, tranquility, freedom, fun, happiness. If I could make all that one word, I would - a many-syllabled word.

Nothing from outside can stop a man from enjoying lasting peace and permanent joy in life, for it is the essential nature of his own soul.

The ultimate source of my mental happiness is my peace of mind. Nothing can destroy this except my own anger.

In a world as weird and cruel as this one we have made for ourselves, I figure anybody who can find peace and personal happiness without ripping off somebody else deserves to be left alone.

Each one has to find his peace from within. And peace to be real must be unaffected by outside circumstances.

There may be Peace without Joy, and Joy without Peace, but the two combined make Happiness.

If you pursue happiness you never find it.

As the sea is beautiful not only in calm but also in storm, so is happiness found not only in peace but also in strife.

Working in the garden gives me something beyond the enjoyment of the senses. It gives me a profound feeling of inner peace.