Quotes About Contentment

Forgive me, Father. Forgive my weakness. Forgive my wondering. Bring me to those beautiful shores of home and let me content my feet in the soft sands of all that you have prepared for me. Let me be thankful for all that you have given, neither hungering nor thirsting for what is not my cup. Your

It pleasured him to believe that we were happy, that all us stayed with him because we wanted to, not because we had to, that we didn't want to be free. I imagine that's what he told hisself to make it right.

Don't waste your time crying over what you're not given. When you have tears in your eyes, you can't see all the beautiful things around you.

the secret to a good life isn't in getting what you want; it's in learning to want what you get. I'm learning to want what I've got and not to think about the rest so much.

Happiness doesn't grow where impatience grazes.

My pappy used to say, any day you don't find a reason to laugh is like livin' two days, neither one of them worth a whit.

I've been giving them all the control, but when you get right down to it, what should matter is whether or not you can live with who you are." What should matter is whether or not you can live with who you are.

The secret to a happy life is not in getting what you want. It is in learning to want what you get. Don't waste your time crying over what you're not given. When you have tears in your eyes, you can't see all the beautiful things around you." She

The Lord has afforded breath for another day. The situation could be worse. They'd

was all right for life not to be perfect. If you let it, if you didn't close yourself off from the chance for it, life could still be good. Better than good.

It was all right for life not to be perfect. If you let it, if you didn't close yourself off from the chance for it, life could still be good. Better than good.

The most important skill in life is to learn the acceptance of that which you have not planned for yourself. Discontent, if watered even the slightest bit, spreads like choke weed. It will smother the garden if you let it,

It feels good to see her so…happy. "Go on. You'd better go change or we'll be late to the choral

The secret to a happy life is not in getting what you want. It is in learning to want what you get

Maybe you should start wanting less

What luxury, to be so happy that we can grieve over imaginary lives.

She was, she realized, the unhappy possessor

I'm really happy to be a mom, and I'm proud of the phase I'm in.

And there is something great about knowing that my only job is to be as happy as I can about my life, and feel as good as I can about myself, and to lead as full and eventful a life as I can...

I know that. I'm having a ball. I'm not slap happy. I'm just filled up with joy and with peace and with all kinds of things that have eluded me for quite a few years. And they're back and they're thriving.

Funny how you can get used to not having things you thought you couldn't live without.

Someone else's idea of happiness was a lot easier to attain than a happiness I could not envision and didn't think I deserved.

Love isn't about sparks. It's about not wanting to be without someone...and feeling complete when you're with them.

I am what I am, I'm doing very well in my life, and I'm thankful to God for that.