Quotes About Contentment

In any case, unless we learn how to appreciate what we have, there is no point striving for more.

One of love's greatest drawbacks is that, for a while at least, it is in danger of making us seriously happy. 2.     Chloe

I'm nothing, I'm everything,' he declared. 'The street is my mother. The sun is my father. What more should I ask of life?

One recipe for happiness is to have no sense of entitlement

Still, for all that everybody, while not happy, is not unhappy about it. And so they go on.

This was life, and if some things were kapu, others weren't; she had to stop regretting the ones that were and start enjoying the ones that were not.

I liked the fact that the happiest night of my life was followed by a day like any other. It seemed to say that such happiness, so long denied, was now a part of my everyday life.

People disappointed; animals never did.

Rachel smiled, somehow no longer afraid, and went back to bed: surrounded by darkness yet enfolded in light.

There are few nicer things than sitting up in bed, drinking strong tea, and reading.

When you finally give up striving, you will be left with what you have been striving for.

There is nothing missing.

Be at peace with your choices. They all serve you.

You cannot be other than you are. Thank God.

Do not wait for the future to be happy. You are happy now, or you are not.

Simplicity is not the opposite of wealth. It is the door to the riches you already own

You were born to enjoy your life, not repair it.

You cannot afford to allow your happiness to depend on any external situation. You must find the source of your happiness within you. Then nothing in the outside world will be able to remove your peace.

Discontent is the initial motivation to becoming content. Let restlessness propel you to your right place. Your experience of "not it" amplifies your intention to find "it," and you surely will.

Our culture has more to gain from inner stillness than incessant pushing.

If you can't be with the one you love, be the one you love.

After a certain point you quit trying to prove yourself to anyone and you simply live in the way that makes you happy.

Your happiness is more of a blessing than your pain.

Lighten up and do what makes you happy.