We may pass violets looking for roses. We may pass contentment looking for victory. — Bernard Williams Copy Share Image
If you and your children fare well, and your affairs be to your contentment, I give very great thanks to God, having… — Bible Copy Share Image
Pegging your contentment to the overall state of the world rather than of your own life: the basis of morality, or a… — Alain de Botton Copy Share Image
There is no end of craving. Hence contentment alone is the best way to happiness. Therefore, acquire contentment. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Be happy with the cod fish in your plate now, than to linger for the taste of a tuna that is still… — Dennis E Adonis Copy Share Image
He who is not contented with what he has, would not be contented with what he would like to have. — Socrates Copy Share Image
Every human always wants more. We're never satisfied. True happiness doesn't come until we're fully satisfied with what we have. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I believe that contentment or any sustained period of joy that doesn't inspire thought that leads to action almost immediately is useless. — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
Be contented with whatsoever is; never ask for more. The moment you ask for more you have asked for hell. The moment… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“People are complaining of having rags and not riches, but I find it a blessing just to have rags, to wipe away… — Anthony Liccione Copy Share Image
Passion is overcome only by him who has won through stillness of spirit the perfect vision; it comes through the contentment that… — Shantideva Copy Share Image
Happy the man, of mortals happiest he, Whose quiet mind from vain desires is free; Whom neither hopes deceive, nor fears torment,… — George Granville, 1st Baron Lansdowne Copy Share Image
We need to strengthen such inner values as contentment, patience and tolerance, as well as compassion for others. Keeping in mind that… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
“Give me a bottle of hard cider, a bowl of Peterson Irish Oak in my Neerup pipe, and please, above all, give… — Nicholas Trandahl Copy Share Image
“Contentment is an asset that we take for granted until we lose it. It's the brother of happiness, the sister of peace… — Joan Marques Copy Share Image
“What should one discover from all the miseries? He should discover eternal happiness. One has enjoyed this (worldly) happiness a lot. He… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“If at eighty you're not a cripple or an invalid, if you have your health, if you still enjoy a good walk,… — Henry Miller Copy Share Image
Suppose you read about a pill that you could take once a day to reduce anxiety and increase your contentment. Would you… — Jonathan Haidt Copy Share Image
These days, in our materialistic culture, many people are led to believe that money is the ultimate source of happiness. Consequently, when… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
If you can sit quietly after difficult news; if in financial downturns you remain perfectly calm; if you can see your neighbors… — Jack Kornfield Copy Share Image
You must make an effort to appreciate what you have, who loves you and who cares for you, because you'll never know… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
You say you are not happy in the Mission. That, in itself, is not a sign that God does not want you… — Vincent de Paul Copy Share Image
“Appreciation and contentment, the ability to rejoice in all things large and small, is a major training of Buddhism. The Dharmapada says:… — Tulku Thondup Copy Share Image
I don't think your personal life has anything to do with your professional life. They are separate things. Whatever is happening at… — Abhishek Bachchan Copy Share Image
“We exist in the world, yet we live in the mind. When it becomes still, we leave longing behind.” — Glenn A. Maltais Copy Share Image
Blessings upon your mind and heart. Let openness, trust and love be your first response. This is the secret to everlasting joy,… — Mooji Copy Share Image
It's not what you don't have or what you loss, but more of understanding through growth to appreciate true gifts you do… — Gee Linder Copy Share Image
Contentment and happiness! Do everything happily. Walk, talk, sit happily; even if you complain against somebody, do it happily. — Sri Sri Ravi Shankar Copy Share Image
“Humility is patient because it is neither past nor forward seeking — it is content.” — Bryant McGill Copy Share Image
Contentment empties the heart of all superfluous carriage, thus leaving it entirely for Allah. — Aaidh ibn Abdullah al-Qarni Copy Share Image
Contentment is not happiness. An oyster may be contented. Happiness is compounded of richer elements. — Christian Nestell Bovee Copy Share Image
Conservatism is not a doctrine of contentment. Not a doctrine for the satisfied and the smug. It's a politics that's at war… — Thomas Frank Copy Share Image
Children internalize their parents' unhappiness. Fortunately, they absorb our contentment just as readily. — Lucille Ball Copy Share Image
Sometimes we think so much about what we want, and we forget to appreciate what we have. — Nishan Panwar Copy Share Image
Faith on a full stomach may be simply contentment but if you have it when you're hungry, it's genuine. — Frank A. Clark Copy Share Image
Don't Think About 'What You Have Got.' Think About, 'How To Use It That You Have Got.' — Pacifiersucker Copy Share Image
If you have easy self-contentment, you might have a very, very cheap source of happiness. — Leon Kass Copy Share Image
Om Mani Padme Hum and Om Nom Nom Nom are basically expressing the same thing: total contentment with the world resulting from… — Skye Milo Copy Share Image
“Contentment and gratitude are signs that you are worthy of further receivership.” — Bryant McGill Copy Share Image
Never be satisfied, Keep pushing. Never believe you've arrived or that you have reached the end. That's actually just the beginning. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
