Quotes About Contentment

A poor child knew what it meant to be poor. We didn't ask for much, and sometimes we didn't even ask.

If only I may grow: firmer, simpler — quieter, warmer.

Ultimately, all human activities have as their goal the realization of happiness. Why, then, have we ended up producing the opposite result? Could the underlying cause be our failure to correctly understand the true nature of happiness?

The gratification of desire is not happiness.

Genuine happiness can only be achieved when we transform our way of life from the unthinking pursuit of pleasure to one committed to enriching our inner lives, when we focus on 'being more' rather than simply having more.

Suffer what there is to suffer, enjoy what there is to enjoy" (WND

Is that all I have to look forward to? Comfort? I think I should prefer to be happy." "As you grow older, there is a lot to be said for being comfortable, ma'am. But I don't expect you to believe me. When I was your age I too wanted to be happy.

Happiness is a talent.

But a man will only make you happy for a while, while a skill, an occupation – learning something – will always satisfy you.

Moderation He that holds fast the golden mean, And lives contentedly between The little and the great, Feels not the wants that pinch the poor, Nor plagues that haunt the rich man's door Embittering all his state Horace, from Odes, Book II, translated by William Cowper

Jae perched on Rachel's shoulder, and she glanced at him as she danced. His face was bright with happiness. He smiled as the last words of "Wild 4 U" shivered in the air. "I'm so lucky to do a job I love," he said.

I believe that the very purpose of our life is to seek happiness. That is clear. Whether one believes in religion or not, whether one believes in this religion or that religion, we all are seeking something better in life. So, I think, the very motion of our life is towards happinessÖ

If one's life is simple, contentment has to come. Simplicity is extremely important for happiness. Having few desires, feeling satisfied with what you have, is very vital: satisfaction with just enough food, clothing, and shelter to protect yourself from the elements. And finally, there is an intense delight in abandoning faulty states of mind and in cultivating helpful ones in meditation.

The purpose of our lives is to be happy.

Even when a person has all of life's comforts - good food, good shelter, a companion - he or she can still become unhappy when encountering a tragic situation.

Blessed is he who expecteth nothing, for he shall enjoy everything." It

Drink because you are happy, but never because you are miserable. Never

You never achieve real success unless you like what you are doing.

If only the people who worry about their liabilities would think about the riches they do possess, they would stop worrying.

It isn't what you have, or who you are, or where you are, or what you are doing that makes you happy or unhappy. It is what you think about.

Tell me what gives a man or woman their greatest pleasure and I'll tell you their philosophy of life.

If only the people who worry about their liabilities would think about the riches they do possess, they would stop worrying. Would you sell both your eyes for a million dollars ... or your two legs ... or your hands ... or your hearing? Add up what you do have, and you'll find that you won't sell them for all the gold in the world. The best things in life are yours, if you can appreciate yourself.

Did you ever see an unhappy horse? Did you ever see bird that had the blues? One reason why birds and horses are not unhappy is because they are not trying to impress other birds and horses.

One reason why birds and horses are happy is because they are not trying to impress other birds and horses.