Quotes About Contentment

Whenever we have more than we need, our natural assumption will be that it's for our own consumption.

If your desires be endless, your cares and fears will be so too. Thomas Fuller

I will not trust in riches but in him who richly provides.

Peace is a fruit of the Spirit, not the byproduct of accumulated wealth.

Greed is supported by an endless cast of what-ifs. Greedy people can never have enough to satisfy the need they feel in light of every conceivable eventuality.

A Coke is a Coke and no amount of money can get you a better Coke than the one the bum on the corner is drinking. All the Cokes are the same and all the Cokes are good.

Sometimes people let the same problem make them miserable for years when they could just say, So what. That's one of my favorite things to say. So what.

As soon as you stop wanting something, you get it.

You won't be happy with more until you're happy with what you've got.

Together is my favorite place to be." "Chocolate is the answer. Who cares what the question is." "You don't need someone to complete you. You only need someone to accept you completely.

They look around the world and think: 'There must be something better!' But there isn't. Sorry, chum. This is it. What you see is what you get. Only the here and now.

Y comprendió que muchas cosas que había dado por sentadas, muchas cosas que creía sencillas y domésticas, eran en realidad verdaderos lujos.

Prosperity and wealth have convinced us to be content in the world, and so we close our eyes, ignoring the world's need as well as its evil.

And a happy man had no reason to fight.

I might have been content to remain in Delilah's house forever, hiding from the Philistines and from my responsibility. I had been distracted from my task, and for that sin I begged forgiveness from Adonai. I had let a woman interfere with my sacred covenant with Adonai.

I have been very, very happy. Mamma always said that even if there wasn't any happiness one must try to be happy without it.

Honestly, I couldn't remember the last time I asked God to fill me with joy. Or to create a joyful spirit in my children. Goodness knows I've asked for peace and sanity and obedience. I've prayed for healing and wisdom. I've worshiped the Lord and studied His Word. But joy? How in the world did I forget about the beautiful, good, and pleasing gift of joy?

A veces deseo ser como mamá, que nunca tiene esa sensación de perderse algo, sensación que yo tengo tan a menudo y de forma tan dolorosa.

She said, Don't worry about me. I've done everything I've ever wanted to do. Cara, we must not wait to live the life we want. Find a way to be present with the people you love.

Everybody cannot be calm. To be calm is a luxury!

Here's kind of my motto - if you're not happy at home, you're not happy anywhere else.

Petroc Trelawney looked as pleased as a pebble can look, which was pretty much the same as he had looked before.

Quite," said Silas. "Is there any more pie?" "No, you've got the last piece.

I'd rather be able to face myself in the bathroom mirror than be rich and famous.