quotations about contentment
Contentment is a pearl of great price, and whoever procures it at the expense of ten thousand desires, makes a wise and a happy purchase. We shall more easily obtain it, if we consider, that no other than moderate enjoyments are to be expected in this life: that this is not our home, not our place of abode; but a state of pilgrimage: and that therefore we ought to be satisfied with tolerable accommodations.
JOHN BALGUY
Sermons
Stay contentment, please don't leave my heart
Peace of mind don't go yet, I've traveled far
Over many mountains to find what's good
Because life is precious when it's understood
CRASH RICKSHAW
"When"
Let's live with that small pittance which we have;
Who covets more is evermore a slave.
ROBERT HERRICK
The Covetous Still Captive
Never let the things you want make you forget the things you have.
SANCHITA PANDEY
attributed, Seeds of Happiness: 1001 Mind-Expanding & Heartwarming Quotes on Happiness
The world is full of people looking for spectacular happiness while they snub contentment.
DOUG LARSON
attributed, Touchstones: A Book of Daily Meditations for Men
Three be the things I shall never attain:
Envy, content, and sufficient champagne.
DOROTHY PARKER
The Complete Poems of Dorothy Parker
Blest state of earthly bliss when man or woman has learnt contentment; the winning post is reached, and he "lies on his oars." This is true religion unadulterated and undiluted. He who has lived to learn to be contented, whatever be his lot, is indeed a happy man, one that no misfortune, dangers, or trials can crush, and whose heart beats to the same time, whether in the wooden cottage or the marble-halled and granite-built mansion. Let it be the training of the young and the study of the old to learn to be contented, as a contented man is rich beyond all human calculation, and happy beyond most men's limited and small narrow-minded conceptions. The contented man or woman will most likely hereafter be one of the brightest jewels that glitter in the casket that surrounds the sapphire throne of God in the palace of the Most High, shining with surpassing lustre, where all is bright, and will remain so through everlasting time, and an eternity that shall be ever young.
T. AUGUSTUS FORBES LEITH
Short Essays
Contentment is not escape from the battle, but rather an abiding peace and confidence in the midst of the battle.
WARREN W. WIERSBE
The Bible Exposition Commentary
At some point, you gotta let go, and sit still, and allow contentment to come to you.
ELIZABETH GILBERT
Eat, Pray, Love
Contentment is one of the greatest gifts or blessings that can be bestowed upon us, if you are contented, there are no likes or dislikes. There is nothing to get or gain and there is nothing to lose. With contentment we experience supreme joy; we no longer have to look outside ourselves for happiness. Contentment is greater than happiness as there is no opposite waiting around the corner. Contentment makes our life simple. Contentment is accepting what is.
SUMUKHI FINNEY
The Yoga Handbook
The utmost we can hope for in this world is Contentment; if we aim at anything higher, we shall meet with nothing but grief and disappointment.
WELLINS CALCOTT
Thoughts Moral and Divine
We find that the more a cultivated reason devotes itself to the aim of enjoying life and happiness, the further does man get away from true contentment.
IMMANUEL KANT
Groundwork for the Metaphysics of Morals
Contentment is accepting what God has given us, and, by His strength, making the most of it.
C. J. JACKSON
The Bread Crumbs
Contentment is not about getting what you want. Contentment is about wanting what you've got.
KEN CLARK
The Complete Idiot's Guide to Getting Out of Debt
Most of us won't be contented with our lot until it's a lot more.
ANONYMOUS
20,000 Quips & Quotes
Unless my absence can make you sad
Unless my presence can make you glad
Then there'll never be contentment for me
Unless your heart is mine
GUY MITCHELL
"Unless"
Ah, sweet Content, where doth thine harbour hold?
BARNABE BARNES
Parthenophil and Parthenophe
As you gain awareness and search for what is beyond
The light within brightens your path to contentment
THE HAARP MACHINE
"Pleiadian Keys"
Contentment with our lot is an element of happiness.
AESOP
"The Crab and the Fox", Aesop's Fables
True contentment depends not upon what we have; a tub was large enough for Diogenes, but a world was too little for Alexander.
CHARLES CALEB COLTON
Lacon