Being content with how things are can leave you feeling satisfied in the effort you made. These quotes about being content will remind you to enjoy the current position you have placed yourself in and take some time for enjoyment.
“A contented mind is the best source for trouble.”
“A contented mind is the greatest blessing a man can enjoy in this world.”
“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.”
“A harvest of peace grows from seeds of contentment.”
“A man who is contented with what he has done will never become famous for what he will do. If you are content, you have enough to live comfortably.”
“At some point, you gotta let go, and sit still, and allow contentment to come to you.”
“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.”
“Be content with your lot; one cannot be first in everything.”
“Content hangs not so high but that a man on the ground may reach it.”
“Contentment … has an internal quietness of heart that gladly submits to God in all circumstances.”
“Contentment consist not in adding more fuel, but in taking away some fire.”
“Contentment gives a crown, where fortune hath denied it.”
“Contentment has been worn as a crown by no end of sleepy heads.”
“Contentment has the ability to squeeze out of every situation all the good there is to get.”
“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.”
“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.”
“Contentment is accepting what God has given us, and, by His strength, making the most of it.”
“Contentment is for cows; a challenging purpose is for people.”
“Contentment is just the realization that God has already provided for me today all that I need for my present peace and happiness.”
“Contentment is not about getting what you want. Contentment is about wanting what you’ve got.”
“Contentment is the greatest form of wealth.”
“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.”
“Discontentment makes rich people poor while contentment makes poor people rich.”
“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.”
“Fortify yourself with contentment, for this is an impregnable fortress.”
“Good friends, good books, and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life.”
“He is rich who is content with the least; for contentment is the wealth of nature.”
“He who is contented is rich.”
“He who is not contented with what he has, would not be contented with what he would like to have.”
“He who knows that enough is enough will always have enough.”
“It is not our circumstances that create our discontent or contentment. It is us.”
“It is right to be contented with what we have, but never with what we are.”
“It isn’t what you have or who you are or where you are or what you are doing that makes you happy or unhappy. It is what you think about it.”
“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.”
“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.”
“Progress is not created by contented people.”
“The contented man can be happy with what appears to be useless.”
“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.”
“The secret of contentment is the realization that life is a gift, not a right.”
“The wise man contents himself with what he has, until such time as he invents something better.”
“There is no end of craving. Hence contentment alone is the best way to happiness. Therefore, acquire contentment.”
“To be content with little is hard; to be content with much, impossible.”
“To feel that one has a place in life solves half the problems of contentment.”
“To know when you have enough is to be rich beyond measure.”
“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.”
“Ultimately, contentment is more a shift in attitude than a change in circumstances.”
“When we cannot find contentment in ourselves, it is useless to seek it elsewhere.”
Finding a way to be happy and satisfied everyday can change the way you view the world and how you interact within it.
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