Quotes About Contentment

When you are 28, 29 years old... you are aware that this is going to be your last big contract of your career. You have to make up your mind: What is it that I want? Do I want to find something new, a new culture, a new league, a new language, new teammates, a new city? And what is it that I need to be happy? What is it that I need to perform?

Just my relationship with people - my teammates, my family, my partner everything. I don't really know how to explain it, it's just a peaceful feeling inside.

It's obvious that my dream is to stay at Barcelona. It's cost too much to get here to then have to leave. I have my family here, their support, the fans and my teammates. I don't think I'd be happier anywhere else.

And even though I left, I'm not out there recklessly going after Strigoi. I'm an old man living with the woman he loves and tending his garden. There's a difference—don't forget that.

After I was done, I sighed and leaned back, feeling decadent and spent. Pure bliss. Books were a lot less messy than orgasms.

Wanting and needing are two different things." He stepped away from me, and I suddenly felt incomplete without his body against mine. I had a fleeting flash of some connection bigger than both of us, and then it was gone. "A long life means nothing if it's empty and has no purpose. Better to live a short one filled with the things that are important to you.

haven't had to come up with some dreamy escape plan in a while." Sydney trailed her fingers down the side of my face. "That's because we're living it, Adrian. This is the only escape plan we need.

You know what? As sad as I know this will make you, ladies, I'm going home and to bed. Alone.

There is nothing more beautiful than cheerfulness in an old face, and among country people it is always a sign of a well-regulated life.

He looked as though he had just had a steam bath, a massage, a good breakfast and a letter from home," wrote one journalist.

If one piddles correctly, time just goes away, without regret on the part of the piddler, or even any particular notice.

I would have liked to stick my toes in the sand, or ride a tall horse. Today, I will go buy fifty pounds of cat food, and like it.

They lived, though simply, richly, if rich means a good cup of coffee.

Sometimes you put yourself in a place in your life when a dog is the best company you can have.

As you both know, the secret to a long and happy life in our world is knowing how to keep your secrets.

He who stands in need of nothing cannot be bound by anything.

I]t is things that make us happy when conversation begins to reveal itself as a paltry substitute.

I'd learned how much happiness money can bring you. Very little.

It took me years to learn that happiness is not something one attains, but fleeting, like sunshine. It comes and goes.

A pretentious, showy life is an empty life; a plain and simple life is a full life.

We're not completely happy here because we're not supposed to be! Earth is not our final home; we were created for something much better.

If you prayed as much as you complain and quarrel, you'd have a lot less to argue about and much more peace of mind.

I've gotten to a point, where I realize that happiness doesn't come from the outside.

There's more to life than success, and if you can try to be more well-rounded, you'll be able to enjoy your success more. It won't own you or control you.