Contentment Quote by Anonymous Download Open image “A lonely impulse of delight” — Anonymous ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.1 out of 5 (3 ratings) Copy quoteShare Contentment Delight Impulse Joy Lonely Self fulfillment
From the satisfaction of desire there may arise, accompanying joy and as it were sheltering behind it, something not unlike despair. — Andre Gide Copy Share Image
The delight that consumes the desire, The desire that outruns the delight. — Algernon Charles Swinburne Copy Share Image
“The earthly desires men cherish are shadows. There is no true happiness in fulfilling them. Why, then, do we continue to pursue joys without… — Thomas Merton Copy Share Image
“Having proven that solitary pleasures are as delicious as any others and much more likely to delight, it becomes perfectly clear that this enjoyment,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Delight itself, however, is a weak term to express the feelings of a naturalist. — Charles Darwin Copy Share Image
The gratification of a thoughtless pleasure soon evaporates; the pleasure of a gratifying thought never ends. — Cullen Hightower Copy Share Image
Lovers and mystics are familiar with this sense of grandeur, this taste of joy - in abandoning oneself to the will of others. — Anne Desclos Copy Share Image
“Delight is all around us you know, from the food we eat, to the night sky, to the dreams we have. It surrounds us… — Jonathan Maas Copy Share Image
And a tear rolled down her cheek, as she said goodbye; because she's walking away, and she's never looking back — Anonymous Copy Share Image
You'll seldom experience regret for anything that you've done. It is what you haven't done that will torment you. The message, therefore, is clear.… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Scrabble - The game is available in Braille. That’s a nice fact. This makes me feel better about humanity for some reason. I can’t… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“THIS tale of my sore-troubled life I write, To thank the God of nature, who conveyed My soul to me, and with such care… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Put on my J's and dance the whole night away Im naughty by nature like Im hip-hop hooray With my hands in the sky,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Me.. I have been through a lot, but I still manage to have a smile on my face. Im not worried about the past… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The only person I've ever purposely caused pain here is myself...By simply sharing, caring too much. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I have observed this in my experience of slavery, - that whenever my condition was improved, instead of its increasing my contentment, it only… — Frederick Douglass Copy Share Image
I may not have everything I want in life but I have all I will ever need to make my life complete, my family. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
If you can find as much happiness at the bottom of the ladder of success as you can at the top, then you understand… — Tom Krause Copy Share Image
There are two sorts of content; one is connected with exertion, the other with habits of indolence. The first is a virtue; the other,… — Maria Edgeworth Copy Share Image
“When we perform at our highest level of potential, we are content. Because we have given I best in what we enjoy doing.” — Ellen J. Barrier Copy Share Image
Money is made at Christmas out of holly and mistletoe, but who save the vendors would greatly care if no green branch were procurable?… — George Gissing Copy Share Image
My crown is in my heart, not on my head; not decked with diamonds and Indian stones, nor to be seen: my crown is… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
Most of us are not content with our lot because we want a lot more — Marianette Carbito Copy Share Image
Pleasure simply brings more craving, but the problem is that we try to get contentment through pleasure. True contentment can only come through service. — Sri Sri Ravi Shankar 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 was so nearly happy. There remained only a tiny something, something unexplained and inexplicable that buzzed in my ear when the lights were… — Jennie Rooney Copy Share Image
I know well, Monsieur, how much you have to endure in your present duty, and I ask Our Lord to strengthen you in your… — Vincent de Paul Copy Share Image
