Contentment Quotes

695 quotes by 472 authors

Be content with who you are and where you are, and do whatever you can do to bring to others such contentment, and joy, and… — Alexander McCall Smith
A grateful person is rich in contentment. An ungrateful person suffers in the poverty of endless discontentment. — David A. Bednar
A prominent judge was asked what we, as citizens of the countries of the world, could do to reduce crime and disobedience to law and… — Thomas S. Monson
The whole course of things goes to teach us faith. We need only obey. There is guidance for each of us, and by lowly listening… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
If there is any one thing that will bring peace and contentment into the human heart, and into the family, it is to live within… — Heber J. Grant
Happiness is closer to the experience of acceptance and contentment than it is to pleasure. True happiness exists as the spacious and compassionate heart's willingness… — Noah Levine
Now I find that in pure obedience the mind learns contentment, in appearing weak and foolish to the wisdom which is of this World; and… — John Woolman
If you can sit quietly after difficult news, if in financial downturns you remain perfectly calm, if you can see your neighbors travel to fantastic… — Jack Kornfield
It is not the nature of man, as I see it, ever to be quite satisfied with what he has in life.... Contentment tends to… — Frances Perkins
Contentment... is the soul's enjoyment of that peace that passes all understanding. — Arthur W. Pink
You must arrange your days so that you are experiencing deep contentment, joy and confidence in your everyday life with God. — John Ortberg
Contentment is for cows; a challenging purpose is for people. — Denis Waitley
Happiness comes out of contentment, and contentment always comes out of service. — Harbhajan Singh
Finding happiness is like finding yourself. You don't find happiness, you make happiness. You choose happiness. Self-actualization is a process of discovering who you are,… — David Leonhardt
No Congress of the United States ever assembled, on surveying the state of the Union, has met with a more pleasing prospect than that which… — Calvin Coolidge
Contentment comes from wanting what we need, not needing what we want. — Wayne Gerard Trotman
Misery, anger, indignation, discomfort-those conditions produce literature. Contentment-never. So there you are. — T.E. Lawrence
In parting, I would like to give you one small piece of advice to keep in your heart. You may have heard me say this… — Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche
Pay attention to that unchanging part of yourself. It is perfect. At the source of life, and only there, one finds peace, harmony, and the… — Deepak Chopra
The virtue of contentment is the acquiescence of the mind in the lot God has given — William Ames

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