Contented Quotes

270 quotes by 213 authors

The path of compassion leads to the development of insight. But it doesn't work to say, "Ready, set, go! Be compassionate!" Beginning any practice depends… — Sylvia Boorstein
But I, Caesar, have not sought to amass wealth by the practice of my art, having been rather contented with a small fortune and reputation,… — Marcus Vitruvius Pollio
I am grateful for what I am and have. My thanksgiving is perpetual. It is surprising how contented one can be with nothing definite -… — Henry David Thoreau
To make a contented slave it is necessary to make a thoughtless one. It is necessary to darken the moral and mental vision and, as… — Frederick Douglass
The inventor is a man who looks around upon the world and is not contented with things as they are. He wants to improve whatever… — Alexander Graham Bell
People who are contented and serene sleep well. They fall asleep easily, stay asleep, and wake refreshed. Conversely, people who are anxious, stressed, or depressed… — Andrew Weil
Complacency is the deadly enemy of spiritual progress. The contented soul is the stagnant soul. — Aiden Wilson Tozer
The average Christian is so cold and so contented with His wretched condition that there is no vacuum of desire into which the blessed Spirit… — Aiden Wilson Tozer
Men are more readily contented with no intellectual light than with a little; and wherever they have been taught to acquire some knowledge in order… — Charles Caleb Colton
The Christian is the most contented man in the world, but he is the least contented with the world. He is like a traveler in… — Charles Spurgeon
Let me beg you, not to rest contented with the commonplace religion that is now so prevalent. — Adoniram Judson
We must not be contented however with praying, without exerting ourselves in the use of means for the obtaining of those things we pray for. — William Carey
I was told I would never make it because I'm too short. Well, I'm still too short, but I've got 10 All-Star games, two World… — Kirby Puckett
I enjoy money. Not enough people in this world are happy. I'm determined to be contented, and having plenty of money from working makes it… — Karen Carpenter
To be contentedâ€”thatâ€™s for the cows. — Diana Vreeland
So overall, though my life is far from perfect, I'm contented with it. And in a peculiar way, I'm grateful for the troubling emotions I… — Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche
I want Thy plan, O God, for my life. May I be happy and contented whether in the homeland or on the foreign field; whether… — Oswald J. Smith
The Lord's visitations of distinguished favor are always to the diligent. That great men may not be ashamed of honest vocations, the greatest that have… — Elias Lyman Magoon
Temptations will no more prevail over a contented man, than a dart that is thrown against a brazen wall. — Jeremiah Burroughs
But if I have once overcome my heart, and am contented through the grace of God in my heart, then this makes me content not… — Jeremiah Burroughs

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