Quotes About Contentment

The best richness is the richness of the soul;

The more you are grateful for what you have the more you will have to be grateful for

In the day, he thought of nothing; at night, he slept heavily and dreamlessly. Face pink and fat, stomach full, brain empty, he was happy.

When one is too old for love, one finds great comfort in good dinners.

Ah'll clean 'em, you fry 'em and let's eat,' he said with the assurance of not being refused. They went out into the kitchen and fixed up the hot fish and corn muffins and ate. Then Tea Cake went to the piano without so much as asking and began playing blues and singing, and throwing grins over his shoulder. The sounds lulled Janie to soft slumber and she woke up with Tea Cake combing her hair and scratching the dandruff from her scalp. It made her more comfortable and drowsy.

Just g'wan back home and set down on yo' royal diasticutis and say nothin'.

Ah wants things sweet wid mah marriage lak when you sit under a pear tree and think.

When you hungry it is painful but when de belly too full it painful too.

Naw, it's real. Ah couldn't stand it if he wuz tuh quit me. Don't know whut Ah'd do. He kin take most any lil thing and make summertime out of it when times is dull. Then we lives offa dat happiness he made till some mo' happiness come along.

Now, dat's how everything wuz, Pheoby, jus' lak Ah told yuh. So Ah'm back home agin and Ah'm satisfied tuh be heah. Ah done been tuh de horizon and back and now Ah kin set heah in mah house and live by comparisons.

I'm at peace with what I've been able to accomplish, not only domestically but abroad, and what I was able to do on the international level.

Rather than have joy, I would rather be absent of pain.

We don't need an abundance of things.

I was used to being successful in school, but academics didn't make me happy.

'Good enough is good enough' - that's never been acceptable for me.

As long as I'm happy, I don't care about accolades or anything else.

If somebody gives you accolades, that's nice to hear but it's not the end-all, be-all for me.

I feel really good about the things I've accomplished in my life, and I don't want to look younger.

Pooh is able to accomplish what he does because he is simpleminded.

I really don't look at my accomplishments. I really don't think about myself much.

You know, in terms of accomplishments and things like that, I feel like I've accomplished what I've wanted.

I'm happy with what I've achieved.

I still can't believe that I've achieved what I have. It's like I've lived a dream for about five years now.

I am happy with everything I achieved in my football career. I don't think I could have done any more.