Quotes About Contentment

Those born to wealth, and who have the means of gratifying every wish, know not what is the real happiness of life, just as those who have been tossed on the stormy waters of the ocean on a few frail planks can alone realize the blessings of fair weather.

Often we pass beside happiness without seeing it, without looking at it, or even if we have seen and looked at it, without recognizing it.

Happiness knows no guilt

Happiness depends on one being exactly fitted to the nature of one's work.

The Indian knew how to live without wants, to suffer without complaint, and to die singing.

From deep contentment comes the courage to achieve.

Suppose you want your child to grow into someone who is (a) ethical, (b) able to sustain healthy relationships, (c) intellectually curious, and (d) fundamentally content with him- or herself. Anything you do with your children on a regular basis, then, should be evaluated in light of your ultimate goals.

En una columna me apoyo, y te sueño. Mi mejilla, en contacto con el frío mármol, hiela mi corazón. Gruesas lágrimas caen de mis ojos. Soy feliz, pero lloro.

Happy is the person who not only sings, but feels God's eye is on the sparrow, and knows He watches over me. To be simply ensconced in God is true joy.

We are all alike, and we love to keep passion aglow at our feet, Like one that sitteth in shade and complacently smiles at the heat.

If you can have everything at fifty that you wanted when you were fifteen, you're happy.

Drink, little brother, drink, leave your worries at home, feel no trouble, feel no pain, life is a jolly refrain, feel no trouble and feel no pain, life is a jolly refrain.

Qu'importe le flacon, pourvu qu'on ait l'ivresse ?

Washington State is great. I'm completely happy at Washington State.

The best way to fill time is to waste it.

I've never been to a dinner that's laid on anywhere. I don't want to waste what few hours I've got.

I've realized I can't waste any moment being unhappy.

I don't like to change things too much. I think pretty hard about things before I jump in, and once I do, I feel, 'All right, I don't want to waste the energy of buying, selling this, going on Consumer Reports, test driving, buying, selling a house.' I feel life is to be lived.

I don't really worry or waste my energy on where I rank and this and that. I know where I'm at.

You can take it for granted that I am not going to waste any time thinking about giving up how happy I am at Borussia, in the city of Dortmund, and with this team.

I don't wish anybody ill, I really don't. I've got a lot of faults, but I was never jealous or envious or... it's a waste of time.

We're all constantly keeping score. You can't help it. But trying to pit ourselves against other people in some measurable way is largely a waste of time.

I regret those times when I've chosen the dark side. I've wasted enough time not being happy.

I am happy with my work and I think my hard work didn't get wasted.