Contentment Quotes

Love the little trade which thou hast learned, and be content therewith.

We shouldn't want things and we should be satisfied with no thing. Furthermore, we don't deserve whatever we would like to have in our lives because we think we have been bad, we feel insufficient, or somebody else has convinced us that we're not worthy.

No disaster is worse than being discontented.

Be satisfied with your business, and learn to love what you were bred to.

Contentment with life is not a feeling, but it is a decision we must make. Contentment does not mean that we never want to see change or improvement, but it does mean we can be happy where we are and will do the best we can with what we have. It also means we will maintain an attitude that allows us to enjoy the gift of life.

My crown is in my heart, not on my head; not decked with diamonds and Indian stones, nor to be seen: my crown is called content, a crown it is that seldom kings enjoy.

Our necessities never equal our wants.

Happiness is the art of learning how to get joy from your substance.

It is the nature of stone to be satisfied. It is the nature of water to want to be somewhere else.

This was a very typical time. I was single. All you needed was a cup of tea, a light, and your stereo, you know, and that's what I had.

What a fool he must be who thinks that his El Dorado is anywhere but where he lives.

Peaceful is the one who is not concerned with having more or less.

The secret to happiness is having low expectations.

Poverty doesn't come because of the decrease of wealth but because of the increase of desires.

I am not only retired from all public employments, but I am retiring within myself, and shall be able to view the solitary walk and tread the paths of private life with heartfelt satisfaction.

Why go further and further,Look, happiness is right here.Learn how to grab hold of luck,For luck is always there.

Poor is the man who desires a lot

You must live in the present, launch yourself on every wave, find your eternity in each moment. Fools stand on their island opportunities and look toward another land. There is no other land; there is no other life but this, or the like of this. I wish to live ever as to derive my satisfactions and inspirations from the commonest events, everyday phenomena, so that what my senses hourly perceive, my daily walk, the conversation of my neighbors, may inspire me, and I may dream of no heaven but that which lies about me.

Can anything be so elegant as to have few wants, and to serve them one's self?

Old age, believe me, is a good and pleasant thing. It is true you are gently shouldered off the stage, but then you are given such a comfortable front stall as spectator.

Be in this moment, and free yourself of striving for something more or someone else.

Few things are needed to make a wise man happy; nothing can make a fool content; that is why most men are miserable.

If it were now to die, 'twere now to be most happy.

I like it where I stand. This is fun.

The superior man is satisfied and composed; the mean man is always full of distress.

I have loved another with all my heart, and for me that has always been enough.

It is of the nature of desire not to be satisfied, and most men live only for the gratification of it.

To have enough of enough is always enough.

There's no happier person than a truly thankful, content person.

Thus play I in one person many people, And none contented: sometimes am I king; Then treasons make me wish myself a beggar, And so I am: then crushing penury Persuades me I was better when a king; Then am I king'd again: and by and by Think that I am unking'd by Bolingbroke, And straight am nothing: but whate'er I be, Nor I nor any man that but man is With nothing shall be pleased, till he be eased With being nothing.

Some things you're not letting happen right now because the timing isn't perfect for you. Some you're not letting happen because you are very aware of where you are. But all things, as they are happening, are happening in perfect order. And if you will relax and begin saying, "Everything in its perfect time. Everything is unfolding. And I'm enjoying where I am now, in relationship to where I'm going. Content where I am, and eager for more," that is the perfect vibrational stance.

So often, we blame other people when, really, the problem is right down in here. I'm not happy. I don't know what's wrong. If I just had another job, I could be happy. If I just get married, I would be happy. Well if I just wasn't married, I would be happy. Well, if I just had some kids, I'll be happy. I'll be happy when these kids finally grow up and get out of here. If I had a bigger house, I would be happy. Well, I got a big house. Now if I just had a maid to clean, I'd be happy. Well, now if I just had a maid I could get along with better, I'd be happy.

I have no desire to desire, and people become like the uncarved wood by themselves.

We don't have to fix anything.

Travelers must be content.

We need to learn how to want what we have NOT to have what we want in order to get steady and stable Happiness

Content and Riches seldom meet together, Riches take thou, contentment I had rather.

He is the richest who is content with the least.

The best kind of wealth is to give up inordinate desires.

Many people are born crying, live complaining, and die disappointed; they chew the bitter pill which they would not even know to be bitter if they had the sense to swallow it whole in a cup of patience and water.

Let your capital be simplicity and contentment.

We all have a hungry heart, and one of the things we hunger for is happiness. So as much as I possibly could, I stayed where I was happy.

For thy sweet love remember'd such wealth bringsThat then I scorn to change my state with kings.

In Baby You're A Rich Man the point was, stop moaning, you're a rich man and we're all rich, heh heh, baby!

As long as I'm learning something, I figure I'm OK - it's a decent day.

Fame or integrity: which is more important? Money or happiness: which is more valuable? Success or failure: which is more destructive? If you look to others for fulfillment, you will never truly be fulfilled. If your happiness depends on money, you will never be happy with yourself. Be content with what you have; rejoice in the way things are. When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you.

There is no calamity greater than lavish desires. There is no greater guilt than discontent. And there is no greater disaster than greed.

Let us be content to work To do the things we can, and not presume To fret because it's little.

Sufficiency's enough for men of sense.

The earth, that is sufficient, I do not want the constellations any nearer, I know they are very well where they are, I know they suffice for those who belong to them.

We notice that the mind is a restless bird; the more it gets the more it wants, and still remains unsatisfied. The more we indulge our passions the more unbridled they become. Our ancestors, therefore, set a limit to our indulgences. They saw that happiness was largely a mental condition. A man is not necessarily happy because he is rich, or unhappy because he is poor.... Millions will always remain poor.

We should desire very few things passionately if we did but perfectly know the nature of the things we desire.

A man's contentment is in his mind, not in the extent of his possessions. Alexander the Great, with all the world at his feet, cries for another world to conquer.

A sense of contentment is crucial to being happy. Physical health, material wealth and friends contribute to this, but contentment governs our relations with them all.

We should wish for few things with eagerness, if we perfectly knew the nature of that which was the object of our desire.

To fill the hour; that is happiness to fill the hour, and leave no crevice for a repentance or an approval.

Those who are content have enough; those that complain, have too much.

The stars are far brighter Than gems without measure, The moon is far whiter Than silver in treasure; The fire is more shining On hearth in the gloaming Than gold won by mining, So why go a-roaming? O! Tra-la-la-lally Come back to the Valley.

I am not poor. Poor are those who desire many things.

Embrace your life, count your blessings, and don’t complain about what you don’t have.