Quotes About Contentment

It's the process of making-do, of the life I've lived between breakdowns and break-ups, that has made life worth living. I could not bear a life with everything perfect.

Ingrid Bergman said, 'Happiness is good health and a bad memory.

So now I was wine-less and new-book-less, which for me is a grievous state of affairs.

Life's not how we want it sometimes. It just is what it is. So do what you love and make the most of what it "is".

I thought to myself, not for the first time in this life, Everything is perfect; all those things that I always think are so bad really aren't bad at all. Then I noticed that out my window the clouds had parted, the clear night sky was suddenly visible, and the moon — a garish yellow disk against a dark wall — seemed to be looking at me funny.

Oh, it's so good

Live what you love.

she counted it as a blessing that she was familiar making peace with disappointment.

I want to be happy. To finally just let the past slip away into the night.

It's not that I want a tragic life. I'm lucky I have nothing to worry about. Nothing. And that is what I feel.

Worry never climbed a hill Worry never paid a bill Worry never dried a tear Worry never calmed a fear Worry never darned a heel Worry never cooked a meal Worry never led a horse to water Worry never done a thing you'd think it oughta.

I may not always have this, but I have this now," I thought. "I am perfectly happy in this moment and I know it.

Melhor um pássaro voando do que dois na mão!... Eis a versão do provérbio, para uso dos fortes, dos capazes de ideal... - É a versão dos otários, também.

Desespero quieto às vezes é o melhor remédio que há.

When will I ever learn to accept what is given instead of always yearning for more? My lavish expectations too often tarnish my blessings.

If you worry about every little thing you're going to have one thoroughly miserable life.

it's a complete rush to get what you've been hoping for - to get it so full and complete that it fills your senses.

We've got so much in this life that all we know how to do is want more. So we concentrate on the wrong things--things we can see--as being the measure of a person. We think if we win something big or buy something snazzy it'll make us more than we are. Our hearts know that's not true, but the eyes are powerful. It's easier to fix on what we can see than listen to the still, small voice of a whispering heart.

I'm working hard to have a good life. You don't need fancy things to feel good. You can hug a puppy. You can buy a can of paint and surround yourself with color. You can plant a flower and watch it grow. You can decide to trust people, the right people. You can decide to start over and let other people start over, too.

Was it alright?" "It was fine." "What aspect of the definition of fine was it?" "We had a decent time." I've been to Walgreens and had a decent time.

You don't need fancy things to feel good. You can hug a puppy. You can buy a can of paint and surround yourself with color. You can plant a flower and watch it grow. You can decide to trust people - the right people. You can decide to start over and let other people start over too" -Sugar Mae Cole

We've made peace. At least a little.

Surrender to the things that can't be changed is one of the keys to peace of mind.

No matter what the outer appearance of things may be, let me think of the "bookmark prayer" of Saint Teresa of Avila: Let nothing upset you, Let nothing afright you. Everything is changing; God alone is changeless. Patience attains the goal. Who has God lacks nothing; God alone fills all her needs.