Contentment Quote by Ray Charles

“There's such a thing as too much happiness and sadness. What I'm after is contentment.”

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Learning to read music in Braille and play by ear helped me develop a damn good memory.

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The important thing is to feel your music, really feel it and believe it.

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I suppose I've always done my share of crying, especially when there's no other way to contain my feelings. I know that men ain't…

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You never can overwhelm an instrument. You will never get out all that's in an instrument. An instrument will bring you to your limits.

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I'd like to think that when I sing a song, I can let you know all about the heartbreak, struggle, lies and kicks in…

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I never wanted to be famous. I only wanted to be great.

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I don't know what would have happened to me if I hadn't been able to hear.

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Any artist, when he goes in to record, should have the feeling that any song he records can be a hit. This may sound…

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The words to country songs are very earthy like the blues. They're not as dressed up and the people are very honest and say,…

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If you can play the blues, you can do anything.

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Dreams, if they're any good, are always a little bit crazy.

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Music to me is just like breathing. I have to have it. It's part of me.

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I have observed this in my experience of slavery, - that whenever my condition was improved, instead of its increasing my contentment, it only…

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I may not have everything I want in life but I have all I will ever need to make my life complete, my family.

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There are two sorts of content; one is connected with exertion, the other with habits of indolence. The first is a virtue; the other,…

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“When we perform at our highest level of potential, we are content. Because we have given I best in what we enjoy doing.”

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Money is made at Christmas out of holly and mistletoe, but who save the vendors would greatly care if no green branch were procurable?…

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My crown is in my heart, not on my head; not decked with diamonds and Indian stones, nor to be seen: my crown is…

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Most of us are not content with our lot because we want a lot more

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Pleasure simply brings more craving, but the problem is that we try to get contentment through pleasure. True contentment can only come through service.

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Every human always wants more. We're never satisfied. True happiness doesn't come until we're fully satisfied with what we have.

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“I was so nearly happy. There remained only a tiny something, something unexplained and inexplicable that buzzed in my ear when the lights were…

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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…

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