Some say it is best not to go near the center of time. Life is a vessel of sadness, but is noble… — Alan Lightman Copy Share Image
Be content with who you are and where you are, and do whatever you can do to bring to others such contentment,… — Alexander McCall Smith Copy Share Image
“you want most of all (see Psalm 84:11). Paul admitted that he had to “learn” the secret of contentment in every situation.… — R. T. Kendall Copy Share Image
A man's contentment is in his mind, not in the extent of his possessions. Alexander the Great, with all the world at… — Charles Spurgeon Copy Share Image
With a philosophy education, one can infuriate his peers, intimidate his date, think of obscure, unreliable ways to make money, and never… — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
If we want to be women of contentment, we must choose to accept our portion, our assigned roles from God. We must… — Linda Dillow Copy Share Image
I believe that the very purpose of life is to be happy. From the very core of our being, we desire contentment.… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
Sometimes it takes a life time to realize what you or someone has/had. You cannot help, they need to realize themselves. Point… — Jade Surette Copy Share Image
“Ella’s prescription for contentment: Never allow yourself to complain about anything — not even the weather. Never picture yourself in any other… — Linda Dillow Copy Share Image
“Contentment maintains control over the spirit and does not allow ungoverned passions and unrestrained emotions to bring discomposure right at the moment… — Nancy Wilson Copy Share Image
Under the benignant providence of Almighty God the representatives of the States and of the people are again brought together to deliberate… — James K. Polk Copy Share Image
She says, "But in contentment I still feel The need for imperishable bliss." Death is the mother of beauty; hence from her,… — Wallace Stevens Copy Share Image
I greet every new day with the words, 'Thank you, thank you, thank you.' That's the state of mind that directs me,… — Wayne Dyer Copy Share Image
“Something in her was changing as she read the books. Life after life flashed before her eyes, yet she stayed safe from… — Louise Erdrich Copy Share Image
“As impossible as this may seem (in infertility), try to reach outside of yourself and realize all of the things that you… — Sara Dormon Copy Share Image
“Being content to walk with God brings peace in the midst of uncertainty. It brings wisdom in the unknown. It brings contentment… — Teresa Schultz Copy Share Image
When you're younger, you tend to be reckless about trying to find out who you are and what you can do and… — Elliot Perlman Copy Share Image
Pay attention to that unchanging part of yourself. It is perfect. At the source of life, and only there, one finds peace,… — Deepak Chopra Copy Share Image
They looked as if nothing had ever touched them--all well-mothered, protected, with a soft sheen of contentment. None of them had ever… — Charles Bukowski Copy Share Image
We should never be satisfied,or settled, with the way things are going because that's when our fire to blaze a positive path… — Michael Gary Wesley Copy Share Image
What happiness the rural maid attends, In cheerful labour while each day she spends! She gratefully receives what Heav'n has sent, And,… — John Gay Copy Share Image
A meaningful life is not being rich, being popular, being highly educated, or being perfect...It is about being real, being humble, being… — Andrew Guzaldo Copy Share Image
We'll therefore relish with content, Whate'er kind providence has sent, Nor aim beyond our pow'r; For, if our stock be very small,… — Nathaniel Cotton Copy Share Image
You say, 'If I had a little more, I should be very satisfied.' You make a mistake. If you are not content… — Charles Spurgeon Copy Share Image
When my mouth shall be filled with dust, and the worm shall feed, and feed sweetly upon me, when the ambitious man… — John Donne Copy Share Image
We find that the more a cultivated reason devotes itself to the aim of enjoying life and happiness, the further does man… — Immanuel Kant Copy Share Image
You're all so obsessed with other worlds, you're so convinced that this one is crap and everywhere else is great, but you've… — Lev Grossman Copy Share Image
“I would rather be what God chose to make me than the most glorious creature that I could think of; for to… — C.S. Lewis Copy Share Image
I met many kind of people in my life,but the richest people is not the happiest people and the happiest people is… — Mariane Corbito Copy Share Image
Happiness is not synonymous with pleasure. It is, instead, a deeper emotion that originates from within. . . . Happiness results from… — David Shi 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
“However much understanding one has, that much contentment he has done. As much contentment he does, that much liberation he has. It… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
For the first time, she did want more. She did not know what she wanted, knew that it was dangerous and that… — Iain Pears Copy Share Image
Philosophers have widely differed as to the seat of the soul, and St. Paul has told us that out of the heart… — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
As we start to get a little bit older, boy, keep your house in order. That's the key thing. It's not about… — Jim Irsay Copy Share Image
“Just resign yourself to the fact that you're going to be miserable so you can finally be happy. (It's a sound theory… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
A good life with contentment is itself a great wealth. For we brought nothing with us into this world, and we can… — Saint Timothy Copy Share Image
“In church she had prayed for contentment. She was thirty, with no husband in sight. A good job, an aging father, a… — Alice McDermott Copy Share Image
“The knowledge that she was needed by something living, that she could benefit another creature, produce happiness, or contentment, or just a… — Connie Brockway Copy Share Image