Quotes about Contentment

All of us tend to put off living. We are all dreaming of some magical rose garden over the horizon instead of enjoying the roses that are blooming outside our windows today.

Do not look back on happiness, or dream of it in the future. You are only sure of today; do not let yourself be cheated out of it.

A man who both spends and saves money is the happiest man, because he has both enjoyments.

Constantly choose rather to want less, than to have more.

Life is short. The sooner that a man begins to enjoy his wealth the better.

If only the people who worry about their liabilities would think about the riches they do possess, they would stop worrying. Would you sell both your eyes for a million dollars ... or your two legs ... or your hands ... or your hearing? Add up what you do have, and you'll find that you won't sell them for all the gold in the world. The best things in life are yours, if you can appreciate yourself.

But let a perpetual smile of peace and satisfaction On your lips Be a symbol of the decision To think happiness (equanimity) Since everything that happens Happens in your head

In fact I realized I had no guts anyway, which I've long known. but I have joy.

Two people happy with themselves can be exceptionally happy together.

Some people spend their lives building ultimate dream homes so they can enjoy their twilight years... Others spend their last days in nursing homes.

I think the pursuit of happiness is the pursuit of reality because illusion never leaves us ultimately happy.

Being 'contented' ought to mean in English, as it does in French, being pleased. Being content with an attic ought not to mean being unable to move from it and resigned to living in it; it ought to mean appreciating all there is in such a position.