Contented Quotes

270 Contented quotes by 213 unique authors

In all times, and all countries especially in those countries which are divided within by religious faith, there are always fanatics who will be well… — Alexandre Dumas
Books are living things and their task lies in their vows of silence. You touch them as they quiver with a divine pleasure. You read… — Pat Conroy
Thus play I in one person many people, And none contented: sometimes am I king; Then treasons make me wish myself a beggar, And so… — William Shakespeare
For me, I would rather read a good book, from a contented author. I don't really care what it takes to produce that. — Neil Gaiman
I have observed this in my experience of slavery, - that whenever my condition was improved, instead of its increasing my contentment, it only increased… — Frederick Douglass
I thought of all the others who had tried to tie her to the ground and failed. So I resisted showing her the songs and… — Patrick Rothfuss
Did I have a heart to be contented? Well, no, not particularly. I had a tendency to be discontented: ambitious, dissatisfied, fretful, and tough to… — Gretchen Rubin
Be contented with what you possess in life; be thankful for what does not belong to you, for it is so much care the less;… — Hazrat Inayat Khan
I've married a man who owns nine cows," said Jinjur to Ozma, "and now I am happy and contented and willing to lead a quiet… — L. Frank Baum
This is going to make such a great story: How I nursed a pirate back to health and my love saved him," Miss Ohio said… — Libba Bray
I am fond of history and am very well contented to take the false with the true. In the principal facts they have sources of… — Jane Austen
Don't worry about your father. He's a perfectly contented, self-sufficient zombie. — Kurt Vonnegut
I'm really a very happy, contented little person in spite of my broken heart. — Lucy Maud Montgomery
Human sympathy has its limits, and we were contented to let all their tragic arguments fade with the city lights behind. — F. Scott Fitzgerald
Well, it seems to me that there are books that tell stories, and then there are books that tell truths... The first kind, they show… — Jennifer Donnelly
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
Instead (Harry) contented himself with scrawling a note to Ron: Let's do it tonight. — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
The thought that, insignificant as she was, she yet might do some good, made her very careful of her acts and words, and so anxious… — Louisa May Alcott
Heaven is for thee too high To know what passes there; be lowly wise. Think only what concerns thee and thy being; Dream not of… — John Milton
We are contented with our day when we have been able to bear our grief in silence, and act as if we were not suffering. — George Eliot
It is good to be a cynic — it is better to be a contented cat — and it is best not to exist at… — H P Lovecraft
If you are foolish enough to be contented, don't show it, but grumble with the rest; and if you can do with a little, ask… — Jerome K. Jerome
The smell of that buttered toast simply spoke to Toad, and with no uncertain voice; talked of warm kitchens, of breakfasts on bright frosty mornings,… — Kenneth Grahame
It is not your passing thoughts or brilliant ideas so much as your plain everyday habits that control your life....Live simply. Don’t get caught in… — Paramahansa Yogananda
It was this feminine conspiracy which made Southern society so pleasant. Women knew that a land where men were contented, uncontradicted ans safe in possession… — Margaret Mitchell

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