Contentment Quotes

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I know well, Monsieur, how much you have to endure in your present duty, and I ask Our Lord to strengthen you in your difficulties.… — Vincent de Paul
You say you are not happy in the Mission. That, in itself, is not a sign that God does not want you there. Perfect contentment… — Vincent de Paul
Let is walk ... joyously, dear souls, among the difficulties of this passing life ... These pains will have an end when our life ends,… — Saint Francis de Sales
We could be like a father determined to provide everything for his family. He devotes every energy to that end and succeeds; only then does… — Boyd K. Packer
Lack of wealth cannot take away genuine contentment. — Adrian Rogers
The Christian will desire to see the beauty of God in his house, that his soul might be ravished in the excellency of the object,… — Richard Sibbes
There are only two emotions: love and fear. All positive emotions come from love, all negative emotions from fear. From love flows happiness, contentment, peace,… — Elisabeth Kubler-Ross
That sense of happiness just out beyond my reach - I'm not sure I'd grasped that exactly, but I'd got something close to it, contentment… — Sebastian Faulks
The secret of contentment lay in ignoring many things completely. — Mark Haddon
Contentment with life is not a feeling, but it is a decision we must make. — Joyce Meyer
The low-grade plagiarism of popularity will never lead you to true contentment. — T.D. Jakes
In that moment, when watches and clocks misbehave and you feel a cold vapor wrap itself around your heart, you unconsciously draw a line at… — James Lee Burke
The loving parts of your personality have no trouble loving. That is all they do. You experience the loving parts of as gratitude, appreciation, caring,… — Gary Zukav
The frequent employment of one's will power masters all organs of movement and trains them to perform feats which otherwise would have been difficult,painful and… — George Hackenschmidt
A sense of contentment is a key factor for attaining happiness — Dalai Lama
No more Internet. No more social media, no more scrolling through litanies of dreams and nervous hopes and photographs of lunches, cries for help and… — Emily St. John Mandel
Those who want much, are always much in need. — Horace
Contentment gives a crown, where fortune hath denied it. — John Ford
With the "civilized" person contentment is a myth. From the cradle to the grave they are forever longing and striving after something better, an indefinable… — William Matthews
Whatever worldly thing we may covet-zealously striving to obtain and then retain-never seems to bring an end to our desires. Covetousness, envy, jealousy, and greed… — Brent L. Top

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