Quotes about Contentment

We ought to be as earnest and frequent in our prayers of thanksgiving when the cupboard is full as we would be in our prayers of supplication if the cupboards were bare.

The kind of experience of humility and happiness that comes with gratitude tends to crowd out whatever is coarse, or ugly or mean.

The best kind of giving is thanksgiving.

In counting gifts, to one thousand, more, I discover that slapping a sloppy brush of thanksgiving over everything in my life leaves me deeply thankful for very few things in my life.

I am grateful for what I have. My thanksgiving is perpetual.

Never regret anything because at one time it was exactly what you wanted.

I don't concern myself with award. I'd been to the party enough times to know it really didn't matter.

Quit worrying about how everything is going to turn out. Live one day at a time; better yet, make the most of this moment.

You're so caught up in grumbling, complaining, and seeing what's wrong that you have no energy or time to appreciate what's good.

When thou hast truly thanked the Lord for every blessing sent, But little time will then remain for murmur or lament.

The best remedy for those who are frightened, lovely or unhappy is to go outside, somewhere they can be alone, alone with the sky, nature and God. For then and only then can you feel that everything is as it should be and that God wants people to be happy amid nature's beauty and simplicity.

Riches, prestige, everything can be lost. But the happiness in your own heart can only be dimmed; it will always be there, as long as you live, to make you happy again.