Contented Quotes

270 Contented quotes by 213 unique authors

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
"It astonishes me to find... [that so many] of our countrymen... should be contented to live under a system which leaves to their governors the… — Thomas Jefferson
That a man be willing, when others are so too, as far forth as for peace and defense of himself he shall think it necessary,… — Thomas Hobbes
No one is contented in this world, I believe. There is always something left to desire, and the last thing longed for always seems the… — Marie Corelli
When we place our discontented egos on the altar of gratitude, we develop contented altar egos filled with thanksgiving. — Craig Groeschel
Possibly the best suggestion in condensed form, as to how to live, was given by my old Headmaster, Dr. Haig Brown, in 1904, when he… — Robert Baden-Powell
The contented have time to worry about trivialities; often to the extent that they never achieve anything worthwhile. — Unknown Author
You cannot make women contented with cooking and cleaning and you need not try. — Ellen Swallow Richards
Although an ass is tired, he continues to carry his burden; he is unmindful of cold and heat; and he is always contented; these three… — Chanakya
This is the planet teeming, this place we’ve come to and will leave tomorrow, deepened for the long return but not the wedded reach, the… — Christopher Cokinos
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
I could have an office all to myself but since my collaborators don’t have one, then I too am contented to have a desk in… — Ingvar Kamprad
In meditation, healing can happen. When the mind is calm, alert and totally contented, then it is like a laser beam - it is very… — Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
Be contented, when you have got all you want. — Holbrook Jackson
Be not the slave of your moods, but their master. But if you are so angry, so depressed and so sore that your spirit cannot… — Abdu'l-BahÃ¡
A good education is that which prepares us for our future sphere of action and makes us contented with that situation in life in which… — Ann Plato
He said, Contented? I am the MOST discontented man in the world! Don't you know I am the wealthiest man in the world? That is… — Rajneesh
Whatever woman may cast her lot with mine, should any ever do so, it is my intention to do all in my power to make… — Abraham Lincoln
Success is not just money in the bank but a contented heart and peace of mind. — Sarah Ban Breathnach
Solitude is the surest nurse of all prurient passions, and a girl in the hurry of preparation, or tumult of gaiety, has neither inclination nor… — Samuel Johnson
You think I love flattery (says Dr. Johnson), and so I do; but a little too much always disgusts me: that fellow Richardson, on the… — Samuel Johnson

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