Quotes About Contentment

Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body more than raiment?

Peace of mind makes the body healthy, but jealousy is like a cancer.

Better a meal of vegetables where there is love than a fattened calf with hatred.

The desire accomplished is sweet to the soul.

The greedy stir up conflict, but those who trust in the LORD will prosper.

Watch out! Be on your guard against all kinds of greed; life does not consist in an abundance of possessions.

Fret not thyself, it tends only to evil-doing.

Blessed are you who hunger now, for you will be satisfied. Blessed are you who weep now, for you will laugh.

He that is of a merry heart hasth a continual feast.

She's an old, close-to-the-ground, jelly-belly woman with bald patches showing through her wispy grey hair. It doesn't seem like she's got a lot going for her, but she's still smiling. Been around the sunflowers too long, I'd say.

Try to be like the turtle - at ease in your own shell.

If I die tomorrow, next year or whenever it might be, I'll know I've had a great life.

I've suddenly realized what you mean to me: You create the need which you fill, the hunger you sate.

It is our responsibility to make adjustments so we can live within God's provision and be joyfully content whether He provides a little or a lot in any given season.

who love God but spend more than what God has chosen to provide. They incur large amounts of debt and experience the shame and pressure that accompanies it. And they wind up feeling overwhelmed.

Thankfulness and hunger create the atmosphere for increase.

No one who discovers who God has made him or her to be would want to be anyone else.

Thanksgiving keeps us                              sane and alive.

Most of the time now we live under a kind of spell, a lulling enchantment sung by the sirens of our consumer society, telling us what will make us happy. That enchantment is a half-truth at best—

The more relaxed you are, the better you are at everything: the better you are with your loved ones, the better you are with your enemies, the better you are at your job, the better you are with yourself.

Life is so damn short. For fuck's sake, just do what makes you happy.

When I have a bird in my hand, I don't start looking for the bird in the bush

The less you want, the happier you'll be.

Unless it is cured sometimes greediness grows. Where it finally stops, alas, nobody knows.