Quotes About Contentment

One man asked another on the death of a mutual friend, How much did he leave? His friend responded, He left it all.

He turned now with a lover's thirst to images of tranquil skies, fresh meadows, cool brooks— an existence of soft and eternal peace.

All gone. All anger quelled, all desire drained, all thirst slaked, all madness past.

I was happy there. Which is to say I was not unhappy there. Unhappiness and happiness I have always been able to carry about with me, irrespective of place and people, because I have never joined in.

Could do better' is a meaningless conclusion. 'Could be happier' is the only one that counts.

Goodness me. You don't ask for the moon, do you?" "Oh, what a good idea! The moon. Yes, I'd love the moon, please. That will be all. I'll never ask for anything ever again ever.

I had an honest, ordered, respectable and unexciting life to look forward to. I had sown my wild oats and it was time to grow sage. Or so I imagined.

After my expectations had been reduced to zero, every new day became a bonus, and I began to appreciate everything I did have. While there's life, there is hope.

Después de que mis expectativas se hubieran reducido a cero, cada nuevo dia se convirtió en una propina y empecé a apreciar todo lo que tenia.

Don't ask me silly questions I won't play silly games I'm just a simple choo choo train And I'll always be the same. I only want to race along Beneath the bright blue sky And be a happy choo choo train Until the day I die.

I felt lonely and content at the same time. I believe that is a rare kind of happiness.

You needn't die happy when your time comes, but you must die satisfied, for you have lived your life from the beginning to the end and ka is always served.

Wanting more is just a recipe for heartache.

A man with a good wife is the luckiest of God's creatures...

no one dies happy, you can only die well

A man with a good wife is the luckiest of God's creatures, and one without must be among the most miserable, I think, the only true blessing of their lives that they don't know how poorly off they are.

Give me what I want and I will go away

He remembered waking up once, listening to the wind, thinking of all the dark and rushing cold outside and all the warmth of this bed, filled with their peaceful heat under two quilts, and wishing it could be like this forever.

When you get old, peace is about all you want.

Long days and pleasant nights

You needn't die happy when your day comes, but you must die satisfied, for you have lived your life from beginning to end and ka is always served.

Curiosity killed the cat, you know, but satisfaction brought him back snap-ass happy.

May we have happy days, satisfied minds, and little or no low back pain.

Hot chocolate in Central Park! What was the Dark Tower compared to that?