Quotes About Contentment

The Divine wisdom has given us prayer, not as a means whereby to obtain the good things of earth, but as a means whereby we learn to do without them; not as a means whereby we escape evil, but as a means whereby we become strong to meet it.

I'm not like a preacher or philosopher, but at the end of the day, life is about happiness.

It doesn't matter how precisely the onion is cut as long as the person chewing it is happy.

It's not precisely that I'm not ambitious. I love what I do, and I love doing it, and I love getting better at it. I just am not willing to risk... much... to go on to the next level.

I am a foodie, but I prefer to be at home and enjoy home-cooked food.

I am not looking for fame. I prefer to have a normal life.

I'm more of a homebody. I'm constantly asked: 'Why don't we see you out?' But that's not what drives me. I prefer to have people over - which I do a lot, because I bought a house that's way too big for me, and four of my friends live there.

I'm very comfortable being at home and keeping my head down, really. It's nice being invited to night clubs and stuff, which is nice once in a while, but I prefer to kind of keep to myself.

People often ask me whether I prefer theater or film, and the answer is that I prefer the one I'm not doing: The grass is always greener.

I prefer to stay poor.

Truly a man does not live by bread alone. A good name is still to be preferred over great riches. Especially is it to be preferred to the appearance of riches, acquired with nothing down and nothing to pay for two months.

I'm happy in the Premier League.

I have great respect for the Premier League, but why leave Milan? I've got everything I want here.

People go on about how much players earn in the Premier League but once you've bought a nice house and car, what else is there to spend it on?

I never put a premium on making a living. It was never one of those things that was important to me.

I'm very happy doing what I'm doing; I don't think I'm prepared to devote my time to politics. When I am, I'd like to give it 100%. I'm not in the frame of mind, and I'm too greedy an actor to do that.

At 2, I start preparing fish or chicken for dinner. I don't drive. I don't have hobbies. I have no desire to travel.

I'm old enough to have friends and contemporaries who have long since retired, and that's their prerogative - enough is enough; it doesn't mean a thing to me. But I haven't got any money, so, you know, I just keep on working.

I don't carry the burden of the past or the madness of the future. I live in the present.

My mind to me a kingdom is, such present joys therein I find, that it excels all other bliss.

I'm learning how to live in the present and be grateful for what's working rather than look for the 'what's not working' piece.

Take each day as it comes and focus on the present moment.

Live a full life, an honest life so that on your deathbed, you can tell yourself that you did the best you could, in the circumstances that were presented to you.

I never want to work. Even when you're presented with these great opportunities, I think, 'I really love being in my pajamas with the kids.'