Contented Quotes

270 quotes by 223 authors

Never, never rest contented with any circle of ideas, but always be certain that a wider one is still possible. — Pearl Bailey
A contented mind is the greatest blessing a man can enjoy in this world. — Joseph Addison
Sad will be the day for any man when he becomes contented with the thoughts he is thinking and the deeds he is doing -… — Phillips Brooks
To be satisfied with a little, is the greatest wisdom; and he that increaseth his riches, increaseth his cares; but a contented mind is a… — Akhenaton
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
There cannot be a nation of millionaires, and there never has been a nation of Utopian comrades; but there have been any number of nations… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
How true it is that, if we are cheerful and contented, all nature smiles, the air seems more balmy, the sky clearer, the earth has… — Orison Swett Marden
Government is emphatically a machine: to the discontented a taxing machine, to the contented a machine for securing property. — Thomas Carlyle
In every man's mind the good seeds of liberty are planted, and he who brings his fellow down so low, as to make him contented… — Henry Highland Garnet
What continues to astonish me about a garden is that you can walk past it in a hurry, see something wrong, stop to set it… — Dorothy Gilman
Break not the rose; its fragrance and beauty are surely sufficient, resting contented with these, never a thorn shall you feel. — John Hay
Go anywhere in England where there are natural wholesome, contented and really nice English people; and what do you find? That the stables are the… — George Bernard Shaw
You traverse the world in search of happiness which is within the reach of every man. A contented mind confers it on all. — Horace
If there was any petting to be done...he chose to do it. Often he would sit looking at me, and then, moved by a delicate… — Charles Dudley Warner
Instead of complaining at his lot, a contented man is thankful that his condition and circumstances are no worse than they are. Instead of greedily… — Arthur W. Pink
I cannot anyhow be contented to view this wonderful universe, and especially the nature of man, and to conclude that everything is the result of… — Charles Darwin
Moderation in people who are contented comes from that calm that good fortune lends to their spirit. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Pedantry prides herself on being wrong by rules; while common sense is contented to be right without them. — Charles Caleb Colton
Show me a completely contented person and I'll show you a failure. — Thomas A. Edison
The ground of liberty is to be gained by inches, and we must be contented to secure what we can get from time to time… — Thomas Jefferson

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