Quotes About Contentment

Smile, It's a great day. -Aaron Jhinkoo

I am happy with my life how it is for once. And I don't ever want to forget that. That's all that matters to me.

I have diligently numbered the days of pure and genuine happiness which have fallen to my lot: they amount to fourteen.

keep the hearth of your thoughts pure, by so doing you will bring peace and be happy

I was willing to accept what I couldn't change.

Happy are those who expect nothing; they won't be disappointed

Abigail Gehring

Well now I know I can control my tongue, my temper & my appetites, but that's it. I have no effect on weather, traffic or luck. I can't make good things happen; I can't keep anybody safe; I can't influence the future & I can't fix up the past. What a relief!" from book A Three Dog Life by Abigail Thomas

Here's what I love about dogs. They aren't careful not to disturb you. They don't overthink. They jump on the bed or the sofa or the chair and plop down. They come and they go. I'm not sure they love me exactly, but they count on me because I am a source of heat and food and pleasure and affection.

I never had any other desire so strong, and so like to covetousness, as that one which I have had always, that I might be master at last of a small house and a large Garden.

Ah yet, ere I descend to the graveMay I a small house and large garden have;And a few friends, and many books, both true,Both wise, and both delightful too!

Well then; I now do plainly seeThis busy world and I shall ne'er agree;The very honey of all earthly joyDoes of all meats the soonest cloy,And they (methinks) deserve my pity,Who for it can endure the stings,The crowd, and buzz and murmurings,Of this great hive, the city.

This only grant me, that my means may lieToo low for envy, for contempt too high.

Do not worry; eat three square meals a day; say your prayers; be courteous to your creditors; keep your digestion good; exercise; go slow and easy. Maybe there are other things your special case requires to make you happy, but my friend, these I reckon will give you a good lift.

Most people are about as happy as they make up their mind to be.

I have now come to the conclusion never again to think of marrying; and for this reason; I can never be satisfied with any one who would be blockhead enough to have me.

Most folks are as happy as they make up their minds to be.

Most people are about as happy as they make up their minds to be.

People are about as happy as they make up their minds to be.

People are just as happy as they make up their minds to be.

No man is poor who has a Godly mother.

A musician must make music, an artist must paint, a poet must write, if he is to be ultimately at peace with himself.

If you plan on being anything less than you are capable of being, you will probably be unhappy all the days of your life.

A musician must make music, an artist must paint, a poet must write, if he is to be ultimately at peace with himself. What a man can be, he must be.