Contentment Quotes

695 Contentment quotes by 458 unique authors

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
Above all, let us never forget that an act of goodness is in itself an act of happiness. It is the flower of a long… — Maurice Maeterlinck
What is good? All that enhances the feeling of power, the Will to Power, and the power itself in man. What is bad? All that… — Friedrich Nietzsche
When the shoe fits, the foot is forgotten; when the belt fits, the belly is forgotten; when the heart is right, "for" and "against" are… — Zhuangzi
We are not to make the ideas of contentment and aspiration quarrel, for God made them fast friends. A man may aspire, and yet be… — Henry Ward Beecher
If you are content, you have enough to live comfortably. — Plautus
Christian contentment, therefore, is the direct fruit of having no higher ambition than to belong to the Lord and to be totally at His disposal… — Sinclair B. Ferguson
There is no solid satisfaction in any career for a woman like myself. There is no home, no true freedom, no hope, no joy, no… — Taylor Caldwell
...I will praise the English climate till I die—even if I die of the English climate. There is no weather so good as English weather.… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
It is very strange, this domination of our intellect by our digestive organs. We cannot work, we cannot think, unless our stomach wills so. It… — Jerome K. Jerome
It seems that everyone has their own inexplicable fear to have nightmares about. We need nightmares to keep ourselves entertained, and fend off the contentment… — Louis de Bernieres
All goes back to the earth, and so I do not desire pride of excess or power, but the contentments made by men who have… — Wendell Berry
Contentment, then, is the product of a heart resting in God. It is the soul’s enjoyment of that peace that passes all understanding. It is… — Arthur W. Pink
If thou covetest riches, ask not but for contentment, which is an immense treasure. — Saadi
On the occasions when I have pondered over men's various activities, the dangers and worries they are exposed to at court or at war, from… — Blaise Pascal
If we have youth, beauty, blessed gifts, strength, if we find fame, fortune, favor, fulfillment, it is easy to be nice, to turn a warm… — Oliver Sacks

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