Quotes About Contentment

Everything was perfect. I sensed that I knew everything and had no questions to ask.

Se fosse davvero oro, tutto questo finirebbe! Sarei più ricco, ma non sarei mai più lo stesso! L'aria fresca avrà un profumo migliore? I giorni di Sole saranno più luminosi? Le notte stellate nasconderanno altri segreti? O perderò tutto questo? Ma io davvero voglio essere... ricco? (Capitolo VIII)

Work isnt work unless you would rather be doing something else.

Maybe, Keller thinks, I've become too used to solitude. Maybe I like it too much.

There comes a time in a man's life, he figured, the infamous midlife crisis, when a guy has to face the reality that what he has is all he's going to get, and he needs to find his peace and his happiness in his life as it is.

Old men, he thinks, take their fading pleasures where they can.

Most men pursue pleasure with such breathless haste that they hurry past it."12

The direct pursuit of happiness is a recipe for an unhappy life.

When I lament and darken over my diminishments, I accomplish nothing. It's better to sit at the window all day, pleased to watch birds, barns, and flowers.

There's one advantage to smoking, about which we agree. When our breathing starts to vanish, we will not ask, "Why me?

We don't need to increase our goods nearly as much as we need to scale down our wants. Not wanting something is as good as possessing it.

The easiest way to combat greed is by recognizing the value of contentment and simplicity.

I am very grateful for my life. I think one of the keys to not being depressed is to find gratitude and to be grateful for what you have. So I am grateful for what I have.

False. When things change, I will be happy. True. When I am happy, things will change.

The important thing in life is not what you get, but what you throw out.

We've got everything we need right here, and everything we need is enough.

I am just a person who is human, down to earth enjoying life.. whatever god blesses you with. Enjoying life for me is just normal.

The best things in life are free - and $19.95.

Happiness is not something that you get in life, hapiness is something that you bring in life

I am poor, but I am rich. I have my children, I have a garden with roses, and I have my faith and the memories of those who have gone before me. What more is there?

Happiness is a good flow of life.

...when you put your life in a good place, good things follow.

Best things in life aren't things.

Our planet is poorly equipped for delight. One must snatch gladness from the days that are. In this life it's not difficult to die. To make life is more difficult by far.