Nine requisites for contented living: Health enough to…
“Nine requisites for contented living: Health enough to make work a pleasure. Wealth enough to support your needs. Strength to battle with difficulties and overcome them. Grace enough to confess your sins and forsake them. Patience enough to toil until some good is accomplished. Charity enough to see some good in your neighbor. Love enough to move you to be useful and helpful to others. Faith enough to make real the things of God. Hope enough to remove all anxious fears concerning the future.”
About This Quote
This interpretation was drafted with AI assistance. It is one reading of the quote, not the author's own explanation.
A balanced life requires health, wealth, strength, grace, patience, charity, love, faith, and hope to achieve contentment.
In simple terms: Contentment needs health, wealth, and virtues.
Key Takeaway
Cultivate these nine virtues.
Themes
well‑being
virtue
balance
Mood
reflective
hopeful
Type
philosophical
inspirational
When to use this quote
- personal development
- community service
- spiritual practice
- financial planning
Key Concepts
Human flourishing
ethical living
Questions to Reflect On
- Which virtue feels most lacking in your life?
- How can you strengthen it daily?
A Different Perspective
Neglecting any can destabilize the whole.