Quotes About Contentment

A quiet heart is content with what God gives. It is enough. All is grace. Elisabeth Elliot

The word suffering is much too grand to apply to most of our troubles, but if we don't learn to refer the little things to God how shall we learn to refer the big ones? A definition which covers all sorts of trouble, great or small, is this: having what you don't want, or wanting what you don't have. The vicissitudes of travel furnish plenty of what Janet Erskine Stuart calls "blessed inconveniences," occasions which fit both categories in our definition.

Ele nos diz o que devemos fazer e nós encontramos nossa felicidade em fazê-lo. Não encontraremos a felicidade em nenhum outro lugar. Não a encontraremos fazendo apenas o que queremos fazer e não fazendo o que não queremos fazer. Essa é a ideia popular do que é a liberdade, mas isso não funciona. A liberdade reside no cumprimento das regras. A alegria também está lá.

Heaven is not here, it's There. If we were given all we wanted here our hearts would settle for this world rather than the next. God is forever luring us up and away from this one, wooing us to Himself and His still invisible Kingdom, where we will certainly find what we so keenly long for.

I've many a cross to take up now, And many left behind; But present troubles move me not, Nor shake my quiet mind. And what may be to-morrow's cross I never seek to find; My Father says, "Leave that to me, And keep a quiet mind." Anonymous

If God loves me, He´ll make me happy". Well, yes and no. Happy isn´t the word, really. It´s joy, a far better thing. Not a sentiment, not mere "feeling good", but something that can never be taken away.

My portion. My cup. My lot is secure. My heart can be at peace. My Father is in charge. How simple!

What we don't ha e now we don't need now. Possibly His very withholding is in order that the boy may learn, at this crucial juncture in his life, to turn to God in prayer for a deeply felt need.

Vive de tal forma que al mirar hacia atrás no lamentes haber desperdiciado la existencia. Vive de tal forma que no lamentes las cosas que has hecho ni desees haber actuado de otra manera. Vive con sinceridad y plenamente. Vive.

When life is enough, we don't need any more.

es posible que no obtengamos lo que deseamos, pero Dios siempre nos da lo que necesitamos.

It is very important that you do only what you love to do. You may be poor, you may go hungry, you may live in a shabby place, but you will totally live. And at the end of your days, you will bless your life because you have done what you came here to do.

Sometimes I wonder what the world would sound like if everybody stopped their complaining. It sure would be a quiet place.

I think it's a real gift to be able to say that what's in your life is enough. It seems most of us re always wanting more.

I like to do things in bed. I fold the laundry on the bed. Food tastes better to me when I'm under the covers. Bed is the only place to read, the best place to talk on the phone.

what John likes best are the small and undramatic moments that make for a kind of easy comfort, for a feeling of being grounded in a relationship.

Life comes with problems, you have to accept that. And you have to try to lead the simple life; to not constantly ask questions about the whys and the wherefores of everything.

What if you determined to fin one thing every day that you -... I know. Count your blessings. Remind yourself every night of every good thing that happened to you that day. No. I'm not talking about things that happen to you. I'm talking about purposefully doing one thing that brings you happiness every single day, in a very conscious way. .......think of it more fluidly-as a philosophy that you exercise daily. And days turn into years. And then years turn into a lifetime.

It's like you let your mind stay in its pajamas

There is a lot of satisfaction, a lot of joy, that can come from doing something you love and that you're good at

Don't ask so many questions. You always ask so many questions. Don't do that. Just...accept things. ...Don't ask questions and don't look back. Believe me you'll be much more content.

hope you are rich in love, now and forever….

You always say that love and happiness are not for sale , that what is on your back and on your plate is second to what is in your heart.

Or he could go back to the ease of solitude. It's really not so bad, being alone, never worrying about what has to be done for, or with, or in the interest of another. it's like you let your mind stay in its pajamas all day.