Contentment Quotes

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Contentment is, after all, simply refined indolence. — Thomas Chandler Haliburton
This happiness consisted of nothing else but the harmony of the few things around me with my own existence, a feeling of contentment and well-being… — Hermann Hesse
Good humor is a tonic for mind and body. It is the best antidote for anxiety and depression. It is a business asset. It attracts… — Grenville Kleiser
When you are discontent, you always want more, more, more. Your desire can never be satisfied. But when you practice contentment, you can say to… — Dalai Lama
Progress and healing involves seeing every person as not so different from ourselves. — Bryant H. McGill
So we strive for perfection in the areas in which we can control, and that isn't necessarily what provides contentment and joy for ourselves and,… — Sarah Jessica Parker
Every spring is the only spring, a perpetual astonishment. — Ellis Peters
Peace, plenty, and contentment reign throughout our borders, and our beloved country presents a sublime moral spectacle to the world. — James K. Polk
There are times when it is best to be content with what one has, so as not to lose everything. — Jose Saramago
There is no end of craving. Hence contentment alone is the best way to happiness. Therefore, acquire contentment. — Sivananda
Happiness, contentment, the health and growth of the soul, depend, as men have proved over and over again, upon some simple issue, some single turning… — George A. Smith
Alas! if the principles of contentment are not within us, the height of station and worldly grandeur will as soon add a cubit to a… — Laurence Sterne
You can't stop loving or wanting to love because when its right it's the best thing in the world. When you're in a relationship and… — Keith Sweat
I did have a very restricted, regimented life. There was a kind of happiness there, a contentment, but it was a small happiness within very… — Daniel Tammet
As to that leisure evening of life, I must say that I do not want it. I can conceive of no contentment of which toil… — Anthony Trollope
Good friends, good books and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life. — Mark Twain
I have learned that to be with those I like is enough. — Walt Whitman
When you're heartbroken, you're at your most creative - you have to channel all your energies into something else to not think about it. Contentment… — Florence Welch
We may pass violets looking for roses. We may pass contentment looking for victory. — Bernard Williams
Be thankful for what you have; you'll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don't have, you will never, ever have enough. — Oprah Winfrey

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