Quotes About Satisfaction

He that's content, hath enough; He that complains, has too much.

Who is rich? He that is content. Who is that? Nobody.

Wealth is not his that has it, but his that enjoys it.

He wish'd to please everybody; and, having little to give, he gave expectations.

If you desire many things, many things will seem few.

This gave me occasion to observe, that when Men are employ'd they are best contented. For on the Days they work'd they were good-natur'd and chearful; and with the consciousness of having done a good Days work they spent the Evenings jollily; but on the idle Days they were mutinous and quarrelsome, finding fault with their Pork, the Bread, and in continual ill-humour. (Autobiography, 1771)

The discontented man finds no easy chair.

Money never made a man happy yet, nor will it. There is nothing in its nature to produce happiness. The more a man has, the more he wants. Instead of its filling a vacuum, it makes one.

Constant complaint is the poorest sort of pay for all the comforts we enjoy.

The trouble with doing nothing is not knowing when you're finished.

Money has never made man happy,nor will it,there is nothing in its nature to produce happiness. The more of it one has the more one wants.

If our great view is upon those of the next, the expectation of them is an infinitely higher satisfaction than the enjoyment of those of the present.

queria agradar a todos e, tendo muito pouco a oferecer, oferecia expectativas

Through the mercies of the Almighty, I had, in a good degree, learned to be content with a plain way of living.

Many a man thinks he is buying pleasure when he is really selling himself a slave to it.

He wished to please everybody; and, having little to give, he gave expectations.

free men, whose minds were properly on their business, found a satisfaction in improving, cultivating, and providing for their families; but negroes, laboring to support others who claim them as their property, and expecting nothing but slavery during life, had not the like inducement to be industrious.

Who is rich? He that rejoices in his portion

When a man is no longer anxious to do better than well, he is done for.

The major lesson Tiggers need to learn is that if they don't control their impulses, their impulses will control them. No matter how much they do, Tiggers are never satisfied because they don't know the feeling of accomplishment that eventually comes when one persistently applies one's will to the attaining of non-immediately-reachable goals.

Do you want to be really happy? You can begin by being appreciative of who you are and what you've got. Do you want to be really miserable? You can begin by being discontented.

The honey doesn't taste so good once it is being eaten; the goal doesn't mean so much once it is reached; the reward is not so rewarding once it has been given.

Wil je echt gelukkig zijn? Dan kun je beginnen met te waarderen wie je bent en wat je hebt. Wil je je echt ellendig voelen? Dan kun je beginnen met ontevreden zijn. Zoals Lao-tse schreef: 'Een boom zo dik dat je hem net kunt omspannen begint met een klein zaadje; een reis van duizend kilometer begint met één stap.

Do you really want to be happy? You can begin by being appreciative of who you are and what you've got.