“I have learned, we are not our happiest when we get what we want-- then we are prone to pick-- aware of… — Shellen Lubin Copy Share Image
“What is the difference between happiness and contentment?" “Well, happy is like when somebody gives you a big hunk of something wonderful… — Betty Smith Copy Share Image
“It is left to each of us to balance contentment regarding what God has allotted to us in life with some divine… — Neal A. Maxwell Copy Share Image
Great leaders understand that historical success tends to produce stable and inwardly focused organizations, and these outfits, in turn, reinforce a feeling… — John P. Kotter Copy Share Image
“Yet mark his perfect self-contentment, and hence learn his lesson, that to be self-contented is to be vile and ignorant, and that… — Edwin Abbott Abbott Copy Share Image
It seems that everyone has their own inexplicable fear to have nightmares about. We need nightmares to keep ourselves entertained, and fend… — Louis de Bernieres Copy Share Image
“There was a man with tongue of wood who essayed to sing, and in truth it was lamentable; but there was one… — Stephen Crane Copy Share Image
“That very breath wherewith they utter their complaints is a blessing and a fundamental one too for if God would withdraw that… — Richard Allestree Copy Share Image
“Have you ever had a moment where you knew, beyond a shadow of a doubt, that you were in the right place?… — Chloe Neill Copy Share Image
...There's a lot more to be gained from being grateful than you might think. Managing your outlook towards appreciation and thankfulness feeds… — Price Pritchett Copy Share Image
And so when we talk about intangible values remember that they cannot be separated from the others. The conservation of waters, forests,… — Sigurd F. Olson Copy Share Image
I feel ever so strongly that an artist must be nourished by his passions and his despairs. These things alter an artist… — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
To know people is wisdom, but to know yourself is enlightenment. to master people takes force, but to master yourself takes strength.… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“44. Abidement Bullshit money or basic freedoms: which is dearer? Contentment or competition: which is more valuable? Compensation or employment: which is… — The Church of the Latter-Day Dude Copy Share Image
“The watchword of the future will be HUMAN HAPPINESS AND CONTENTMENT, and when this state of mind shall have been attained, the… — Napoleon Hill Copy Share Image
Whatever worldly thing we may covet-zealously striving to obtain and then retain-never seems to bring an end to our desires. Covetousness, envy,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“The people you will love in your lifetime will give you certain things, different things. And those different things will shape you,… — Lee Fullbright Copy Share Image
As long as we think our lives are not good enough (materially), we will not have happiness. As soon as we realize… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
“Try to be happy in this present moment, and put not off being so to a time to come--as though that time… — Thomas Fuller Copy Share Image
Since pure awareness of nowness is real Enlightenment, in openness and contentment I found the Truth in my heart. By simply relaxing… — Jigdral Yeshe Dorje Copy Share Image
“There is a distinct feeling of contentment that engulfs your entire being after a day well lived, a battle well fought, and… — Steve Maraboli Copy Share Image
“Dreams aren't only an illusion to put you into a subconsciously pleasurable state of mind for the time being, but also a… — Mehek Bassi Copy Share Image
“They knew how to be content with the ordinary and the simple. There was something to be said for that, and if… — Mary Campisi Copy Share Image
“The resignation of its inhabitants encouraged me to relax. They showed me a contentment based on the belief that nothing more was… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
Let is walk ... joyously, dear souls, among the difficulties of this passing life ... These pains will have an end when… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Happiness is open to all, since, when you boil it down, it merely consists of contentment with what you have got and… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“We will never find contentment—freedom from that angry feeling of unfairness—by getting the things that are rightfully ours. We will find it… — Lydia Brownback Copy Share Image
If you're feeling lonely, lean on Jesus for contentment. Help someone else and worship God with other believers.These actions will redirect your… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Find A Heart That Loves You In Your Worst, And Arms That Will Hold You And In Your Weakest. Lie With Someone… — Pacifiersucker Copy Share Image
A quiet secluded life in the country, with the possibility of being useful to people to whom it is easy to do… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
“Our best chance of contentment lies in taking up the wisdom offered to us in coded form through our coughs, allergies, social… — Alain de Botton Copy Share Image
LIFE Is A Paradox. Whatever You want, You Don't Get. Whatever You Get, You Don't Enjoy. Whatever You Enjoy, Is Not Permanent.… — Pacifiersucker Copy Share Image
Meditation is the key to open the door, the door of absolute contentment. Mind is always discontented., hence meditation means creating a… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
So we strive for perfection in the areas in which we can control, and that isn't necessarily what provides contentment and joy… — Sarah Jessica Parker Copy Share Image
When you are discontent, you always want more, more, more. Your desire can never be satisfied. But when you practice contentment, you… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
Happiness is closer to the experience of acceptance and contentment than it is to pleasure. True happiness exists as the spacious and… — Noah Levine Copy Share Image
“Enjoy losing weight. Enjoy eating healthy, delicious food. Do not wait until you reach your destination to feel good. Take as much… — Harry Papas Copy Share Image
Doing a route at the absolute limit of the possible demands and encourages a coordination of all peripheral factors. It is, at… — Wolfgang Gullich Copy Share Image
With the "civilized" person contentment is a myth. From the cradle to the grave they are forever longing and striving after something… — William Matthews Copy Share Image
To be content you must not focus on what you're short of, but rather cherish the little on your side and don't… — Pascals Einstein Copy Share Image
