Quotes About Contentment

If I did not simply live from one moment to another, it would be impossible for me to be patient, but I only look at the present, I forget the past, and I take good care not to forestall the future.

Do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself.

Oh! My beloved! fill the cup, that clears to-day of past regrets and future fears.

You ask me about the past, you ask me about the future, the only way to be happy is to be living right now.

There are two days in the week about which and upon which I never worry... Yesterday and Tomorrow.

The past is gone, the future is not here, now I am free of both. Right now, I choose joy.

The hardest thing, I think, is to live richly in the present, without letting it be tainted & spoiled out of fear for the future or regret for a badly-managed past.

We shall have no better conditions in the future if we are satisfied with all those which we have at present.

There's great release, really, in not seeing into the future.

Rejoice in the things that are present; all else is beyond thee.

If you are at peace, you are living in the present.

Perfectionism is a perpetual flight into an illusory future that cannot be attained.

Neither in the life of the individual nor in that of mankind is it desirable to know the future.

Don't worry about the past and don't try to solve the future.

Be happy now. Don't wait for something outside of yourself to make you happy in the future.

Cease to inquire what the future has in store, and to take as a gift whatever the day brings forth. [Lat., Quid sit futurum cras, fuge quaerere: et Quem Fors dierum cunque dabit, lucro Appone.]

You just never know with contract situations and the whole business side of it. I'm here now and I'm happy to be here now. The future will take care of itself.

May you look back on the past with as much pleasure as you look forward to the future.

When you relinquish the desire to control your future, you can have more happiness.

You can wish for things in the future to be different, but in this moment you have to accept things as they are.

But the value of gratitude does not consist solely in getting you more blessings in the future. Without gratitude you cannot long keep from dissatisfied thought regarding things as they are.

I want a new contract. I'm happy at United and I see my future here.

This is not my phrase, but if you're stuck in the past, then you're depressed. If you're stuck in the future, then you're anxious.

Hope is what keeps you going, but hope keeps you focused on the future, and this continued focus perpetuates your denial of the Now and therefore your unhappiness.