Contentment Quotes
30 quotations about Contentment
A contented mind is the greatest blessing a man can enjoy in this world.
I don't want to own anything that won't fit into my coffin.
I have learned in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content. [Philippians 4:11]
People are never free of trying to be content.
There's naught, no doubt, so much the spirit calms as rum and true religion.
Try to be like the turtle -- at ease in your own shell
There are some days when I think I'm going to die from an overdose of satisfaction.
A man who is contented with what he has done will never become famous for what he will do.
Content is a word unknown to life; it is also a word unknown to man.
Content makes poor men rich; discontentment makes rich men poor.
Contentment consist not in adding more fuel, but in taking away some fire.
Contentment is, after all, simply refined indolence.
The contented man can be happy with what appears to be useless.
When we cannot find contentment in ourselves, it is useless to seek it elsewhere.
My motto is: Contented with little, yet wishing for more.
Nobody got anywhere in the world by simply being content.
To have what we want is riches; but to be able to do without is power.
It is right to be contented with what we have, but never with what we are.
Riches are not from abundance of worldly goods, but from a contented mind.
One should either be sad or joyful. Contentment is a warm sty for eaters and sleepers.
If you are content, you have enough to live comfortably.
A Sunday well-spent brings a week of content.
Since we cannot get what we like, let us like what we can get.
He that is well paid is well satisfied.
He is rich who is content with the least; for contentment is the wealth of nature.