Being Content Quotes

132 quotes by 95 authors

Be content with what you are, and wish not change; nor dread your last day, nor long for it. — Marcus Aurelius
Be content to seem what you really are. — Marcus Aurelius
I figure if I have my health, can pay the rent and I have my friends, I call it 'content.' — Lauren Bacall
If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts, but if he will content to begin with doubts, he shall end in… — Francis Bacon
People who are unable to motivate themselves must be content with mediocrity, no matter how impressive their other talents. — Andrew Carnegie
Being 'contented' ought to mean in English, as it does in French, being pleased. Being content with an attic ought not to mean being unable… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
Content is a word unknown to life; it is also a word unknown to man. — John Fowles
Be content with your lot; one cannot be first in everything. — Aesop
True contentment comes with empathy. — Tim Finn
Life is so impermanent that it's not about somebody else or things around me, it's about knowing you are completely alone in this world and… — K D Lang
I'm content to stand on tradition. I'm even more content to wipe my feet on it. — Aaron Allston
When God is all you have, then all you have, is all you need. — Max Lucado
Being single used to mean that nobody wanted you. Now it means you're pretty sexy and you're taking your time deciding how you want your… — Sarah Jessica Parker
Anybody whose mind is functioning at all can't be content with the way the world works. — Frederick Wiseman
Be content to be what you are, and prefer nothing to it, and do not fear or wish for your last day. — Martial
Happiness consists not in having much, but in being content with little. — Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington
Who is wise? He that learns from everyone. Who is powerful? He that governs his passions. Who is rich? He that is content. Who is… — Benjamin Franklin
Content makes poor men rich; discontent makes rich men poor. — Benjamin Franklin
Being forced to work, and forced to do your best, will breed in you temperance and self-control, diligence and strength of will, cheerfulness and content,… — Charles Kingsley
Nobody got anywhere in the world by simply being content. — Louis L'Amour

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