Contentment Quotes
Newspapers provided a common culture of aspiration.
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.
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.
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?
We are all a great deal luckier that we realize, we usually get what we want - or near enough.
Want is always hungry and searching whereas contentment is steady, calm and receiving.
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.
...I hear the sounds of melting snow outside my window every night and with the first faint scent of spring, I remember life exists...
It's probably the best memory I have from my whole life. Just waiting to see some dolphins that never came.
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.
If some talents were withheld, the Withholder knows why. He has done all things well.
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!
Fortify yourself with contentment for this is an impregnable fortress.
No, of course not. I just feel content, ” she said carefully.“That’s an old person’s word, ” said Ethan.
So be satisfied and quiet, be contented with your contentment. I lack certain things that others have, but blessed be God, I have a contented heart which others have not.
Hoarding can never end, for the heart of man always covets for more, its raging appetites can only be quenched by the heavy sands of the grave.
Others may not understand your joy and contentment because of your certainty about who you are and why you exist. Don't waste your time to explain.
She ate--so, so good--cocooned in the harmonic dissonance of a large family, where every sound was distinct yet blended.
We speak of searching for happiness, of finding contentment, as if these were locations on an atlas, actual places that we could visit if only we had the proper map and the right navigational skills.
Whether you are in an eight-hundred-square-foot home or living in a dream house on a lake, contentment is found on the way.
No one’s life ever goes as they planned. That truth alone should bring a sense of relief to everyone.
Everything that is truly of value–love, family, peace, health, and contentment—can never be bought.
Go with the ebbs and the flows, and allow this non-resistance to guide us to contentment.
All I ever think about day and night is-how can I make a difference in the lives of others, how can I provide an ounce of contentment and happiness?
Perhaps, the secret in reaching that ever eluding state of personal contentment, lies in finding the balance between not caring too much and not giving a damn.
Happiness lies in being content with what you have right now, than mongering over what you don't have. Respect Life, Celebrate Now!
There are so many paths to contentment if you're open to self-delusion.
...the morning with the whole day waiting, full of promise, the nightof quiet, of no expectations, of rest.And the certainty of home, the one I live in, and the onethat lives in me.
just find your way, like a river settling into its bed, and the sigh of the wind over a lake, light but restful... content with the joy in the arc of an arm throwing a ball for a dog to fetch
I would slay myself on the altar of boredom if given the chance.
In the Salem of our peaceful hearts, the name of Jesus is great beyond compare: He has won our love, and He shall wear it.
The tailor bird builds her nest in deep woods, she uses no more than one branch.The mole drinks off the river, it can only fill one belly. Chuang Tzu
In the Envoy Corps, you take what is offered, Virginia Vidaura said, somewhere in the corridors of my memory. And that must sometimes be enough.
We call bad one who rejects the fruit he is given for the fruit he is expecting or the fruit he was given last time.
My goal in life is to be content. By that I don't mean "fine" or "basically satisfied." I don't mean settling. I mean, for last of better terms, feeling like I'm in the right life.
You know someone's okay if they can ignore things they can't do anything about and move on.
