Art is often born from inner struggle. Artists are plagued by impulses they must express. Contentment does not seek action but struggle… — Eric Gibbons Copy Share Image
“The rival ideologies of the left and right are both pining for the 50s. The only difference is that liberals want to… — Brink Lindsey Copy Share Image
Happiness, contentment, the health and growth of the soul, depend, as men have proved over and over again, upon some simple issue,… — George A. Smith Copy Share Image
If there is any one thing that will bring peace and contentment into the human heart, and into the family, it is… — Heber J. Grant Copy Share Image
“He brewed his tea in a blue china pot, poured it into a chipped white cup with forget-me-nots on the handle, and… — Ethel Pochocki Copy Share Image
Now I find that in a state of pure obedience the mind learns contentment in appearing weak and foolish to that wisdom… — John Woolman Copy Share Image
Too many times in our lives we get too concerned with the things that we don't have to appreciate, the things in… — Anurag Prakash Ray Copy Share Image
I have searched frantically for contentment for so many years in so many ways, and all the acquisitions and accomplishments- they run… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
Being happy is what YOU MAKE happen, with your decisions, morals, actions towards others, a relationship, is just the cherry on top.… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Most disciplines invite us to more mindfulness, and more contentment. Not by consuming more externally, but by harvesting more from within, and… — Rohini Nilekani Copy Share Image
Consciously or unconsciously, most theists see in gods and devils, heaven and hell, reward and punishment, a whip to lash the people… — Emma Goldman Copy Share Image
Suffering, I was beginning to think, was essential to a good life, and as inextricable from such a life as bliss. It’s… — Lance Armstrong Copy Share Image
“Let the water flow beneath the bridge; let men be men, that is to say, weak, vain, inconstant, unjust, false, and presumptuous;… — François Fénelon Copy Share Image
The philosophy of Atheism represents a concept of life without any metaphysical Beyond or Divine Regulator. It is the concept of an… — Emma Goldman Copy Share Image
“Lord, I trusted You and found You trustworthy. I now know that when You ask me to wait it’s because You’re making… — Susie Larson Copy Share Image
I had no fear of the stream's perils, and I listened with the greatest contentment to the quiet slap of water on… — Clare B. Dunkle Copy Share Image
“If happiness is determined by expectations, then two pillars of our society – mass media and the advertising industry – may unwittingly… — Yuval Noah Harari Copy Share Image
The happiness state, when examined more closely, turns out not to be a point but a range, with contentment at the bottom… — Michael Foley Copy Share Image
The more a man denies himself, the more he shall receive from heaven. Naked, I seek the camp of those who covet… — Horace Copy Share Image
Cleanses and products don't make you look more beautiful. They certainly help, but if you reach contentment, you're set. My makeup artist,… — Olivia Wilde Copy Share Image
“Each life experience leaves a layer of memory like a deposit of sediment: things we’ve loved and moments of contentment we’ve cherished… — Sarah Ban Breathnach Copy Share Image
“When we live to glorify God and not ourselves, we are answering the purpose for which God made us and redeemed us.… — Daniel R. Hyde Copy Share Image
Writing a novel is one of those modern rites of passage, I think, that lead us from an innocent world of contentment,… — J. G. Ballard Copy Share Image
Contentment is a kind of moral laziness; if thare want ennything but contentment in his world, man wouldn't be any more of… — Josh Billings Copy Share Image
A contented mind is the greatest blessing a man can enjoy in this world; and if in the present life his happiness… — Joseph Addison Copy Share Image
A grateful heart is a beginning of greatness. It is an expression of humility. It is a foundation for the development of… — James E. Faust Copy Share Image
“without empathy he will find no purpose. Without purpose, he will find no satisfaction. Without satisfaction, he will find no contentment, and… — R.A. Salvatore Copy Share Image
When you're heartbroken, you're at your most creative - you have to channel all your energies into something else to not think… — Florence Welch Copy Share Image
True contentment is a thing as active as agriculture. It is the power of getting out of any situation all that there… — Gilbert K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
Not on the outer world For inward joy depend; Enjoy the luxury of thought, Make thine own self friend; Not with the… — Lydia Sigourney Copy Share Image
I've excluded happiness as one of those possibilities we seek for ourselves. Oh, I still want it, but that's beside the point.… — Jhonen Vasquez Copy Share Image
“Scoff if you wish, but there is something morally dangerous in this endless variety of amusements that our era claims to provide.… — Kim Wright Copy Share Image
I think that an actor shouldn't work from a place of fear, because it'll show in your work. You should work from… — Rutina Wesley Copy Share Image
If we will take the good we find, asking no questions, we shall have heaping measures. The great gifts are not got… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
“gratitude noun \ˈgra-tə-ˌtüd, -ˌtyüd\ 1. The word thrown in your face by people who covet what you want and believe that your… — Shannon L. Alder Copy Share Image
In order to live a long satisfied life full of contentment, happiness, and peace one must be willing to do the small… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The true antidote to greed is contentment. If you have a strong sense of contentment, it doesn't matter whether you obtain the… — Bill Vaughan Copy Share Image
There is no health in those who are displeased by an element in Your creation, just as there was none in me… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Good humor is a tonic for mind and body. It is the best antidote for anxiety and depression. It is a business… — Grenville Kleiser Copy Share Image
“We all want everything to be okay. We don’t even wish so much for fantastic or marvelous or outstanding. We will happily… — David Levithan Copy Share Image
![“The more a man denies himself, the more he shall receive from heaven. Naked, I seek the camp of those who covet nothing. [Lat., Quanto quisque sibi plura negaverit, A dis plura feret. Nil cupientium Nudus castra peto.]” quote by Horace](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/0b1/horace-172_camps_the-more-a-man-denies-himself-the-more-h_515416.jpg)
