Contentment Quotes

695 Contentment quotes by 458 unique authors

Health, contentment, and trust are your greatest possessions. And freedom your greatest joy. — Gautama Buddha
I love to go and see all the things I am happy without. — Socrates
Moderation, which consists in indifference about little things, and in a prudent and well-proportioned zeal about things of importance, can proceed from nothing but true… — Plato
Temperance is a tree which as for its root very little contentment, and for its fruit calm and peace. — Gautama Buddha
Contentment: The smother of invention. — Ethel Mumford
At each level of gratitude our soul's capacity deepens, starting with contentment to meaningfulness, and finally, to pure joy. — M. J. Ryan
Had there not been five bad qualities, all the people would have been righteous. Contentment with ignorance; love for worldly life; miserliness inspite of much… — Ali ibn Abi Talib
There is nothing like wine for conjuring up feelings of contentment and goodwill. It is less of a drink than an experience, an evocation, a… — Unknown Author
...ambition or contentment? This simple question led me back to a more balanced view of life and put me in touch with the Me I… — John M. Geddes
Commercial interests with their advertising industry do not want people to develop contentment and less greed. Military interests in economic, political, ethnic or nationalist guises,… — Robert Thurman
If one's life is simple, contentment has to come. Simplicity is extremely important for happiness. Having few desires, feeling satisfied with what you have, is… — Dalai Lama
Sometimes in life there's no problem and sometimes in there is no solution. In this space - between these apparent poles - life flows. — Rasheed Ogunlaru
Contentment is a wealth that is never exhausted — Ali ibn Abi Talib
More than ever before, in our country, this is the age of the individual. Endowed with the accumulated knowledge of centuries, armed with all the… — Dwight D. Eisenhower
A grateful heart is a beginning of greatness. It is an expression of humility. It is a foundation for the development of such virtues as… — James E. Faust
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

Who Wrote These Contentment Quotes

458 authors contributed a total of 695 Contentment Quotes, led by these top contributors: