Contentment Quotes

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 always escalate into a vicious spiral, as we seek greater and greater gratification but find less and less contentment. . . . Striving to acquire the things of the world not only does not bring lasting happiness and peace, but it drives us to seek more. When all we've ever wanted is grounded in the temporal trappings of this world, it is never enough!

~ Brent Top

Without inner-peace and contentment, success will ultimately destroy you.

~ Bryant Mcgill

Alchemy is the process of changing lead into gold. Inner alchemy (personal transformation) occurs when we clear our clutter—internal and external—and let go of things that no longer serve us well. This creates balance and space, a place that nurtures contentment, which I believe is true success.

~ Laurie Buchanan

The rival ideologies of the left and right are both pining for the 50s. The only difference is that liberals want to work there, while conservatives want to go home there.

~ Brink Lindsey

...those who deny or oppose these so pleasant delights (of virtue), do so only from jealousy, you may be sure, from the barbarous pleasure of making others as guilty and unhappy as they are. They are blind and would like everyone to be the same, they are mistaken, and would like everyone else to be mistaken; but if you could see into the depths of their hearts you would find only sorrow and repentance; all these apostles of crime are only evil and desperate people; you would not find a sincere person among them who would not admit, if he were truthful, that their poisonous words or dangerous writings had not been guided only by their passions. And what man in fact can say in cold blood that the bases of morality can be shaken without risk? What being would dare maintain that doing good and desiring good are not essentially the aim of mankind? And how can a man who will do only evil expect to be happy in a society whose strongest concern is the perpetual increase of good? But will not this apologist of crime not shudder himself when he had uprooted from all hearts the only thing which could lead to his conversion? What will stop his servants ruining him, if they have ceased to be virtuous?

~ Marquis De Sade

My dad’s contentment is all that matters to me. When he’s laughing, I’m laughing. When he’s happy, I’m happy. I would give up my soul for him. To me, nothing else but his happiness matters.

~ Rebecah Mcmanus

Newspapers provided a common culture of aspiration.

~ Charles Emmerson

Content people give fashion a life. All the rest seek a life from fashion.

~ Newton G Kibiringi

If he (George Keenan)felt on occasion more than a little uncomfortable when being listened to, then he was truly unhappy when not being listened to.

~ David Halberstam

It's not what you have on the outside that glitters in light, it's what you have on the inside that shines in the dark.

~ Anthony Liccione

Was it possible to do both, to contribute to the world while merely observing it? To be content in the moment, but plan for the future? Could you follow your heart without losing all common sense?

~ Holly Robinson

We are all a great deal luckier that we realize, we usually get what we want - or near enough.

~ Roald Dahl

Want is always hungry and searching whereas contentment is steady, calm and receiving.

~ Bryant Mcgill

Contentment comes from wanting what we need, not needing what we want.

~ Wayne Gerard Trotman

There comes a time in one’s life, perhaps in middle age, when we stop and assess who we are, and the life we have.

~ Fennel Hudson

It was best to appreciate what you had and not yearn for more.

~ Rick Riordan

It was not desirable for the proles to have strong political feelings. All that was required of them was a primitive patriotism which could be appealed to whenever it was necessary to make them accept longer working hours or shorter rations. And even when they became discontented, as they sometimes did, their discontent led nowhere, because, being without general ideas, they could only focus it on petty specific grievances.

~ George Orwell

It was not desirable for the paroles to have strong political feelings. All that was required of them was a primitive patriotism which could be appealed to whenever it was necessary to make them accept longer working hours or shorter rations. And even when they became discontented, as they sometimes did, their discontent led nowhere, because, being without general ideas, they could only focus it on petty specific grievances.

~ George Orwell

‎I'm in a win-win playoff. Response of a Christian dying of cancer at thirty on the prospect of miraculous healing.

~ Billy Graham

If one bite fills you, you don't need two.

~ Marty Rubin

Why should we plant, when there are so many mongongo nuts in the world?

~ Anonymous Bushman

...I hear the sounds of melting snow outside my window every night and with the first faint scent of spring, I remember life exists...

~ John Geddes

It's probably the best memory I have from my whole life. Just waiting to see some dolphins that never came.

~ Xo

She had learned the lesson of renunciation and was as familiar with the wreck of each day's wishes as with the diurnal setting of the sun.

~ Thomas Hardy

If some talents were withheld, the Withholder knows why. He has done all things well.

~ Charles Haddon Spurgeon

I am content, that is a blessing greater than riches, and he to whom that is given need ask no more.

~ Henry Fielding

At some point, you gotta let go, and sit still, and allow contentment to come to you.

~ Elizabeth Gilbert

You say, 'If I had a little more, I should be very satisfied.' You make a mistake. If you are not content with what you have, you would not be satisfied if it were doubled.

~ Charles Haddon Spurgeon

I have learned to seek my happiness by limiting my desires, rather than in attempting to satisfy them.

~ John Stuart Mill

Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not.

~ Ann Brashares

Ari smiled. The sun was shining, the weather was great, he was eating ice cream, and all his dreams were about to come true.

~ James Patterson

Mama told me to make a special point to remember the best times of my life. There are so many hard things to live through, and latching on to the good things will give you strength to endure, she says. So I must remember this day. It is beautiful and this seems like the best time to live and the best place

~ Nancy E. Turner

Yes, there is a Nirvanah; it is leading your sheep to a green pasture, and in putting your child to sleep, and in writing the last line of your poem

~ Kahlil Gibran

You’re all so obsessed with other worlds, you’re so convinced that this one is crap and everywhere else is great, but you’ve never bothered to figure out what’s going on here!

~ Lev Grossman

If at eighty you're not a cripple or an invalid, if you have your health, if you still enjoy a good walk, a good meal (with all the trimmings), if you can sleep without first taking a pill, if birds and flowers, mountains and sea still inspire you, you are a most fortunate individual and you should get down on your knees morning and night and thank the good Lord for his savin' and keepin' power. If you are young in years but already weary in spirit, already on your way to becoming an automaton, it may do you good to say to your boss - under your breath, of course - Fuck you, Jack! you don't own me. If you can whistle up your ass, if you can be turned on by a fetching bottom or a lovely pair of teats, if you can fall in love again and again, if you can forgive your parents for the crime of bringing you into the world, if you are content to get nowhere, just take each day as it comes, if you can forgive as well as forget, if you can keep from going sour, surly, bitter and cynical, man you've got it half licked.

~ Henry Miller

Do you dislike your role in the story, your place in the shadow? What complaints do you have that the hobbits could not have heaved at Tolkien? You have been born into a narrative, you have been given freedom. Act, and act well until you reach your final scene.

~ N.d. Wilson

Contentment has learned how to find out what she needs to know. Last year she went on a major housecleaning spree. First she stood on her head until all the extra facts fell out. Then she discarded about half her house. Now she knows where every thing comes from—who dyed the yarn dark green and who wove the rug and who built the loom, who made the willow chair, who planted the apricot trees. She made the turquoise mugs herself with clay she found in the hills beyond her house. When Contentment is sad, she takes a mud bath or goes to the mountains until her lungs are clear. When she walks through an unfamiliar neighborhood, she always makes friends with the local cats.

~ J. Ruth Gendler

The storm is over, there is sunlight in my heart. I have a glass of wine and sit thinking of what has passed.

~ P.g. Wodehouse

Contentment can only happen as we increase desire, let it run itself out towar its fulfilment, and carry us along with it.

~ John Eldredge

A contented mind is the greatest blessing a man can enjoy in this world.

~ Joseph Addison