Quotes About Contentment

He said, "Busy is happy," and I suspected that his mother had counseled him about the satisfaction and the peace that come from giving to the world whatever you are capable of contributing.

So many people spend their lives in jobs they hate, and that's worse.

I have seldom crossed the city line of Pico Mundo and have never been beyond the boundaries of Maravilla County) The joys of life can be found anywhere. Far places only offer exotic ways to suffer.

Having found peace in isolation, she won't put it at risk.

Or maybe not getting it, accepting less without bitterness, and being grateful for what we have is a part of what we're here to learn.

No, what I've got here is good for me.

I rarely drink, but there are times when even drinking too much is not enough.

But you have to choose happiness.

Just because you've had enough doesn't mean you wanted too much.

the grass wasn't greener on the other side of the fence; it was greener where it was watered.

It is not easy to find happiness in ourselves, and it is not possible to find it elsewhere.

But happiness is a condition of the mind, not of circumstances

CECILIA RANDALL HAD heard of people who, if granted one wish, would choose to live their lives over again. Not her. She'd be perfectly content to blot just one twelve-month period from her twenty-two years. The past twelve months.

This was the sign of a strong friendship, Nichole thought. They were content to be together without having to chat the whole time.

Humans tended to believe all that was required of them was a few mumbled words, then they were utterly content to leave the matter in the hands of God.

she felt a quiet joy, an awareness that she could be happy again.

No, your problem is that you've grown so comfortable with feeling guilty that you're afraid of what will happen if you don't. Being happy frightens the very life out of you.

The only thing that equals my joy in knitting is the pleasure of reading!

She wanted us to see that life could be good, if we looked around at the world instead of within ourselves.

Discontentment is not a product of circumstances; it is the state of the soul. Remember

But godliness with contentment is great gain. For we brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out. And having food and raiment let us be therewith content" (I Tim. 6:6-8).

Already you are walking in the heat to get somewhere, but where can you go? There is nowhere but here. This street or that street, it is all the same. One day you will know this, and you will sit down and wait.

that in the midst of heartache so deep it was a physical pain, she was finding a deeper joy and contentment in life than she'd ever known.

Happy people look young. You're really afraid of getting older, aren't you? You should only be afraid of getting less happy.