Quotes About Contentment

Mielihyvä on "elämän motivaatio

Marrying the right girl is the single most important ingredient for a happy life," he'd also said.

It's rare that I have a boyfriend- that only happens if I fall in love. I've noticed that people who are never in a relationship just to be in a relationship keep their childlike spark because they don't end up settling for things that make them unhappy, and they never feel as if they took less than what was out there for them. So for me, being single is what I do, and falling in love is the exception.

You know when you're in yoga and you're looking around, thinking, Wow, I wish I were that flexible, or How come she can hold that pose? Well, my friend has a saying: "Stay on your own mat." Not physically, but mentally. In life, we're all made differently: our families, our frames, our personalities and talents. Appreciate how you were made, and stay on your mat. That's where happiness lies.

Boobs are like boyfriends. You go around wishing for them and trying to figure out what you have to do to get them, and worrying about all the things you're probably doing wrong, and then one day, who knows why, you wake up and find you've got more than you wanted.

?i ciulinii nu erau decât vis È™i îndr?zneal?, invitaÈ›ie s? schimbi ceea ce ai cu ceea ce ai putea s? ai, fie chiar mai prost. Ori, nimic nu-i mai r?u decât s? putrezeÈ™ti locului atunci când iubeÈ™ti întreg p?mântul.

Be as simple as you can be; you will be astonished to see how uncomplicated and happy your life can become.

forget the past, for it is gone from your domain! forget the future, for it is beyond your reach! control the present! Live supremely well now! This is the way of the wise...

Being grown up and in a serious relationship, I've learned so much. I'm happier than I've every been.

Never regret anything, because at one time it was exactly what you wanted. MARILYN MONROE

How easily we get trapped in that which is not essential - in looking good, winning at competition, gathering power and wealth - when simply being alive is the gift beyond measure.

is not a voracious capitalism but the spiritual insight that we cannot buy the identity and security we seek.

My happiness grows in direct proportion to my acceptance, and in inverse proportion to my expectations. Michael J. Fox

We now have every right except the right not to be blissful.

de acum înainte avem toate drepturile, mai puÅ£in acela de a nu fi fericiÅ£i.

Si l'argent ne fait pas le bonheur, rendez-le ! » JULES RENARD

Por vezes é suficiente a bruma ou a montanha. Por vezes uma árvore que se inclina sob as rajadas do vento é suficiente. Por vezes a noite é suficiente, e não o sonho que torna presente à alma aquilo que lhe falta ou que perdeu.

I don't know why it is that I have always been happier thinking of somewhere I have been or wanted to go, than where I am at the time. I find it difficult to be happy in the present.

Books are living things and their task lies in their vows of silence. You touch them as they quiver with a divine pleasure. You read them and they fall asleep to happy dreams for the next 10 years. If you do them the favor of understanding them, of taking in their portions of grief and wisdom, then they settle down in contented residence in your heart.

I don't want money. What the hell's money good for? You can't drive it and you can't eat it and it won't even fix a flat.

If it makes you happy, it's what you're supposed to do.

Money can buy a house, but not a home; a bed, but not rest; food, but not an appetite; medicine, but not health; information, but not wisdom; thrills, but not joy; associates, but not friends; servants, but not loyalty; flattery, but not respect.

Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you do, you'll succeed.

It's an odd thing, happiness. Some people take happiness from gold. Or black pearls. And some of us, far more fortunate, take their happiness from periwinkles.