Contentment Quote by Benjamin Franklin

Let thy discontents be thy secrets

— Benjamin Franklin

Persuade thyself that imperfection and inconvenience are the natural lot of mortals, and there will be no room for discontent, neither for despair.

— Ieyasu Tokugawa

“Be not desirous to know what people say; if they speak well of thee, it will feed thy pride, if ill, it will stir…

— Matthew Henry

If thou wouldst conquer thy weakness, thou must never gratify it.

— William Penn

If thou wouldn't conquer thy weakness thou must not gratify it.

— William Penn

“Thou mayest be sure that he that will in private tell thee of thy faults is thy friend, for he adventures thy dislike and…

— Sir Walter Raleigh

Speak no evil, that thou mayest not hear it spoken unto thee, and magnify not the faults of others that thine own faults may…

— Bahá'u'lláh

False world, thou ly'st: thou canst not lend The least delight: Thy favours cannot gain a friend, They are so slight.

— Francis Quarles

“Thou may be sure that he who will tell thee of thy faults is thy friend, for he ventures thy dislike and doth hazard…

— Walter Raleigh

“Fear thou not; for I am with thee; be not dismayed; for I am thy...! I will strengthen thee; yea; I will help thee;…

— Compton Gage

“And without doubt it is better for thee and for all My other servants, that ye should be proved by adversities, than that ye…

— Thomas à Kempis

Take this sorrow to thy heart and make it part of thee, and it shall nourish thee till thou art strong again.

— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow