Quotes About Contentment

destructiveness comes only when life isn't lived. People who can live their lives don't destroy themselves.

Everything we possess that is not necessary for life or happiness becomes a burden, and scarcely a day passes that we do not add to it.

Count no day lost in which you waited your turn, took only your share and sought advantage over no one.

He who climbs above the cares of this world, and turns his face to his God, has found the sunny side of life.

I'm very grateful for every thing I have. You know when you start losing that then you start losing what life's all about.

If you died right now, how would you feel about your life?

Using one's imagination to the fullest is necessary for a happy life.

Life shouldn't be printed on dollar bills.

You have to be realistic about where you are in life and enjoy it.

Sometimes I've even wished there was a human pause button, where you could choose some point in your life where you could stay always.

Part of being a winner is knowing when enough is enough

I need to celebrate life because I'm in a good spot, I work hard, and I am happy with who I am and what I do for a living.

There are days that I wake up and I complain, and when I complain I pinch myself and say, 'that's for complaining.' Not many people can do what they really like in life.

Seek not that the things which happen should happen as you wish; but wish the things which happen to be as they are, and you will have a tranquil flow of life.

I should have been smart enough to stay happy. But my ambition ruled my life.

No prince, no king, no president has ever lived a better life than I have!

Your life will be joyful and complete when you have a pure heart and your motives are unsullied.

The happiest part of a man's life is what he passes lying awake in bed in the morning.

Freedom comes only to those who no longer ask of life that it shall yield them any of those personal goods that are subject to the mutations of time.

A life of short duration...could be so rich in joy and love that it could contain more meaning than a life lasting eighty years.

No, I'm happy to go on living the life I've chosen. I'm a university teacher and I like my job.

When you're passionate about something, you want it to be all it can be. But in the endgame of life, I fundamentally believe the key to happiness is letting go of that idea of perfection.

Happiness is not the same as life satisfaction, while neither are identical to what we might call flourishing.

There's so much to appreciate about my life every single day, and I make a big point of taking time to smell the roses and noticing how lucky I am. I never want to take that for granted.