Quotes About Contentment

Most successful people find out that the attainment of their goals doesn't necessarily bring them the happiness and joy they assumed; their happiness is short-lived.

We see very few people who are satisfied. They say that the only ones who are really happy are the enlightened or the fools.

You've got to make a person aware of how miserable they really are and show them how happy they can be. Otherwise, why should they seek this nebulous goal called self-discovery.

Physical circumstance will not cause happiness. Or if it does, there is the fear of loss. Now you are a slave to it. You have become bound to it.

I know a lot of wealthy people in West Los Angeles. Money doesn't necessarily make you happy.

We get so involved with the latest craze or having the latest car or the most high-powered house that we lose touch with that which makes us happy - what makes us happy are quiet states of mind.

All happiness is inside your own mind. Chances are, you have not discovered that. Meditation is about experiencing the happiness inside your mind.

When your life becomes clear and pure, when your mind is clear and your view of life is unobstructed, then you'll be at peace with yourself. Then you will be happy.

If you have nothing to do, look at yourself and see if there isn't something close at hand that you can improve. It may make you wealthy, although it is more likely it will make you happy.

Gratitude and complaining cannot co-exist simultaneously. Choose the one that best serves you.

Give yourself permission to be happy. It doesn't matter what's going on around you, what matters is what's going on inside you.

Every single one of us already has everything we need to be the happiest person on earth; it's simply up to us to remember that in every moment.

Be more grateful, and less worried.

To be blessed is to live in gratitude, so that God can fulfill you forever.

Prosperity is the opposite of greedy.

Happiness is your birthright. Live it!

It's easy to feel equal to wanting. It's rare to feel equal to having.

To find fulfillment...don't exist with life - embrace it.

Now get this: I was happy in the moment. As I'm happy, the next moment brings its own rewards. As I'm happy in that moment, it too gives birth to more joy.

The True Person avoids extremes, self-indulgence, and extravagance.

And it can keep you as busy as anything else, and happier.

Choose, but don't want.

You don't have to do anything! If you enjoy life at this level, if you feel this is the ultimate for you, you can have this experience over and over and over again!

You're alive, you might as well be glad.