Contentment Quotes - Page 9

What men classify as living is often but the discontentment of making oneself itch just to enjoy the scratch.

That was bliss. Being cared for. Wanted. Feeling so necessary to someone’s existence that there was no place for the loneliness inside her.

Be like the flower, content with its nature.

Happy are those who evolve from within.

Just knowing that you are there and you would be thinking about me while I am thinking about you makes my heart feel serene and contented.

A man may be absolutely poor and dispossessed of everything, and yet be wordly. Another man may be very wealthy and yet severed. Severance means that one's heart must not be attached to the things of this world. It does not mean that a man must dispossess himself of them, or that he must not work and earn or practice his profession, whatever it may be, in the world. It does not mean that he must not put on what he has. If he has a silk garb, let him wear that; and if he has not, but has a suit of cotton goods, let him wear that clean. He must feel the same in both.

All those who love Nature she loves in return, and will richly reward, not perhaps with the good things, as they are commonly called, but with the best things of this world-not with money and titles, horses and carriages, but with bright and happy thoughts, contentment and peace of mind.

If we cannot be contented with our current lives and possessions, then we are feeding an appetite that no amount of money will ever satiate.

Whoever is not in his coffin and the dark grave, let him know he has enough.

Contentment sounds ideal; and ignorance is bliss! But what remains of truth, justice and liberty? Why can millions of parent do what I did, and not give the law a consideration? Why do I have to suffer the losses of divorce—the pain and sorrow so accompanied the plight of once-parent, now non-custodial? So much more could be preceded by “why”—so as to leave nothing more. To speak, or think, of these many questions is to sound like I’m whining. But I am whining, about why….

Contentment and gratitude are signs that you are worthy of further receivership.

Contentment is the joy of the soul.

There are still blue skies and rainbows and days bathed in sunlight. There are colorful shade trees filled with sweet bird songs. And there are wishing stars in the heavens as well as angels in God's service. So lift up your eyes. Refuse to be unhappy.

She isn't the kind of girl that makes you wonder why she doesn't have someone, you just know that the kind of guy who is good enough for her is rare, and she projects the kind of strength that says she is perfectly happy to wait till he shows up.

There was a man with tongue of woodWho essayed to sing,And in truth it was lamentable.But there was one who heardThe clip-clapper of this tongue of woodAnd knew what the manWished to sing,And with that the singer was content.

She did not find these riches (of fulfillment). They were a gift from God.

Never envy others. Be happy and love your work.

Money brings courage with it but lock contentment behind.

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.

God may not give that instant dollar bill your seeking, but it's in the little change He brings, that will add to a dollar.

You will never accept gratitude as a solution to your problems, until you have reached the last stage of grief--acceptance.

The world is full of people looking for spectacular happiness while they snub contentment.

I had come alive here...this was my home, and though one day it would all trickle through my fingers like so much red dust, for as long as childhood lasted it was a heaven fitted exactly to me. A place I knew by heart. The one place in the world I'd been made for.

Humility is patient because it is neither past nor forward seeking — it is content.

I have found contentment and joy in being exactly where God wants me to be, and that is what makes me happy.

You wander. You work nearly every job known to man, it seems, only to arrive at the wonderings of philosophy.

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