Quotes About Contentment

What was an unexpected pleasure yesterday is what we feel entitled to today, and won't be enough tomorrow.

La paz, el gozo, la prosperidad, la sanación y todas las demás bendiciones del universo no se generan al vencer algo; por el contrario, se crean al aceptarlo todo.

They say this is the richest era of human existence; but I think a man can be richer in knowing every atom of a single golden island in a blue sea than by spending his days striding among all the worlds.

Nothing is enough for the man to whom enough is too little. Epicurus

The iguanodon has modest powers of self awareness. She feels happy and complacent and content. She feels efficient, in a vague I'm doing what I should be doing and I'm doing it well sort of way.

Todas las personas necesitan sentarse y cuestionarse a sí mismas: "¿Cómo sería mi vida si no tuviera que volver a trabajar nunca más? ¿Qué haría si tuviera todo el dinero que necesito?

Most addictions are attempts to find happiness in people's souls. This

I don't want them to know the feeling of want

Too much greed, however, as anything in excess can be, is not good.

Money does not make you happy. Never think that you will be happy when you get rich. If you are not happy while getting rich, chances are you will not be happy when you do get rich. So whether you are rich or poor, make sure you are happy.

Life was meant to be enjoyed.

You mayn't get the things themselves; but nothing can prevent you from having the fun of looking forward to them. Mrs. Lynde says, 'Blessed are they who expect nothing for they shall not be disappointed.' But I think it would be worse to expect nothing than to be disappointed.

I'm really a very happy, contented little person in spite of my broken heart.

I've come home in love with loneliness

I have a dream, he said slowly. I persist in dreaming it, although it has often seemed to me that it could never come true. I dream of a home with a hearth-fire in it, a cat and dog, the footsteps of friends -- and you !

God's in His heaven, alls right with the world', whispered Anne softly.

I can't cheer up — I don't want to cheer up. It's nicer to be miserable!

I don't want sunbursts and marble halls. I just want YOU. [....] Sunbursts and marble halls may be all very well, but there is more 'scope for imagination' without them. And as for the waiting, that doesn't matter. We'll just be happy, waiting and working for each other—and dreaming. Oh, dreams will be very sweet now.

The greatest happiness [...] is to sneeze when you want to.

I wonder if it will be—can be—any more beautiful than this,' murmured Anne, looking around her with the loving, enraptured eyes of those to whom 'home' must always be the loveliest spot in the world, no matter what fairer lands may lie under alien stars.

The only thing I envy about a cat is its purr, remarked Dr. Blythe once, listening to Doc's resonant melody. It is the most contented sound in the world.

A house isn't a home without the ineffable contentment of a cat with its tail folded about its feet. A cat gives mystery, charm, suggestion.

Ah, well, let's not borrow trouble; the rate of interest is too high.

Oh, Marilla, I thought I was happy before. Now I know that I just dreamed a pleasant dream of happiness. This is the reality.