Thursday 18 May 2017

Contentment Sayings and Quotes



He who is contented is rich.

Lao Tzu





Be content with what you have; rejoice in the way things are. When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you.

Lao Tzu





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

Elizabeth Gilbert





To know when you have enough is to be rich beyond measure.

Lao Tzu





Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for.

Epicurus





Contentment consist not in adding more fuel, but in taking away some fire.    

Thomas Fuller





Discontentment makes rich people poor while contentment makes poor people rich.    

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Contentment gives a crown, where fortune hath denied it.    

John Ford





Contentment has the ability to squeeze out of every situation all the good there is to get.    

Shantidasa





When we cannot find contentment in ourselves, it is useless to seek it elsewhere.    

Francois La Rochefoucauld





Contentment, and indeed usefulness, comes as the infallible result of great acceptances, great humilities of not trying to make ourselves this or that, but of surrendering ourselves to the fullness of life of letting life flow through us.    

David Grayson





The key to contentment is to consider. Consider who you are and be satisfied with that. Consider what you have and be satisfied with that. Consider what God's doing and be satisfied with that. You will be amazed at how much more comfortable you'll feel with yourself. Finally, consider this: If contentment cannot be found within yourself, you'll never find it.    

Luci Swindoll





The secret of contentment is the realization that life is a gift, not a right.    

unknown





Neither circumstances nor surroundings can bring contentment. Only by fitting ourselves to meet conditions as they are, calmly and courageously, may we hope to reconcile ourselves to our position and conditions of life.    

Fred Van Amburgh





A harvest of peace grows from seeds of contentment.    

Indian Proverbs





He who knows that enough is enough will always have enough.

Lao Tzu





Man falls from the pursuit of the ideal of plan living and high thinking the moment he wants to multiply his daily wants. Man's happiness really lies in contentment.    

Mohandas Gandhi





Contentment is the greatest form of wealth.

Acharya N_G_Rjuna





There is no end of craving. Hence contentment alone is the best way to happiness. Therefore, acquire contentment.    

Swami Sivananda





He is rich who is content with the least; for contentment is the wealth of nature.

Socrates





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.

John Balguy





Contentment is a kind of moral laziness; if there wasn't anything but contentment in his world, man wouldn't be any more of a success than an angleworm is.    

Josh Billings





Contentment ... has an internal quietness of heart that gladly submits to God in all circumstances.    

Joni Eareckson Tada





A good life with contentment is itself a great wealth. For we brought nothing with us into this world, and we can take nothing out of it. So if we have enough of what we need, let us be content with that.    

Saint Timothy





Contentment is for cows; a challenging purpose is for people.

Denis Waitley





Contentment is just the realization that God has already provided for me today all that I need for my present peace and happiness.    

Nancy Leigh Demoss





Fortify yourself with contentment, for this is an impregnable fortress.

Epictetus





The secret of contentment is knowing how to enjoy what you have, and to be able to lose all desire for things beyond your reach.    

Lin Yutang






He who is not contented with what he has, would not be contented with what he would like to have.

Socrates





The wise man contents himself with what he has, until such time as he invents something better.

Jose Saramago




Contentment is accepting what God has given us, and, by His strength, making the most of it.    

C. J. Jackson






Contentment is never the outcome of fulfillment, of achievement, or of the possession of things; it is not born of action or inaction. It comes with the fullness of what is, not in the alteration of it.    

Jiddu Krishnamurti





Contentment is not about getting what you want. Contentment is about wanting what you've got.    

Ken Clark





Content hangs not so high but that a man on the ground may reach it.    

Eliza Cook





My motto is: Contented with little, yet wishing for more.

Charles Lamb





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

Joseph Addison





The contented man can be happy with what appears to be useless.

Hung Ko





It is right to be contented with what we have, but never with what we are.    

James Mackintosh





It is not our circumstances that create our discontent or contentment. It is us.    

Vivian Greene





Be content with your lot; one cannot be first in everything.    

Aesop





A man who is contented with what he has done will never become famous for what he will do.    

Fred Estabrook





If you are content, you have enough to live comfortably.    

Plautus





True contentment is a real, even an active virtue - not only affirmative but creative. It is the power of getting out of any situation all there is in it.    

G. K. Chesterton





To be content with little is hard; to be content with much, impossible.    

Marie Von Ebner-Eschenbach





Contentment has been worn as a crown by no end of sleepy heads.    

Henry S. Haskins





Contentment: The smother of invention.    

Ethel Watts Mumford





A contented mind is the best source for trouble.

Plautus





Progress is not created by contented people.

Frank Tyger





Ultimately, contentment is more a shift in attitude than a change in circumstances.    

Linda Dillow





To feel that one has a place in life solves half the problems of contentment.    

George Woodberry

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