Quotes About Contentment

Happy the man who can count his sufferings.

The covetous man is always poor.

I have the greatest of all riches: that of not desiring them.

The heart is great which shows moderation in the midst of prosperity.

My private measure of success is daily. If this were to be the last day of my life would I be content with it? To live in a harmonious balance of commitments and pleasures is what I strive for.

Happiness is composed of misfortunes avoided.

A sound mind in a sound body is a short but full description of a happy state in this world.

The happiness which is lacking makes one think even the happiness one has unbearable.

Enough is as good as a feast.

I want to rid my heart of envy, and cleanse my soul of rage before I'm through.

Happiness is not being pained in body or troubled in mind.

A man can refrain from wanting what he has not and cheerfully make the best of a bird in the hand.

He who is contented is rich.

Few love what they may have.

Long only for what you have.

We are never content with our lot.

We are never either so wretched or so happy as we say we are.

To have a full stomach and fixed income are no small things .

Forgetting is the cost of living cheerfully.

It is not customary to love what one has.

I seek the utmost pleasure and the least pain.

Think of the ills from which you are exempt.

Ask the gods nothing excessive.

There are men who are happy without knowing it.