Quotes about Contentment

People settle. They settle for less than they are capable of.

For many of us, the happiest future is one that's precisely like the past, except a little better

I know how to live on almost nothing or with everything. I have learned the secret of living in every situation, whether it is with a full stomach or empty, with plenty or little. For I can do everything through Christ, who gives me strength. Philippians 4:12

I'm glad I lived such a full life before I settled down into a family because I got to enjoy it and get it out of my system.

I'm very relaxed. I have a family, I have a partner of 20 years, I have a wonderful life; nothing could be better.

I'm really happy in my life.

Practice being grateful for everything that life has blessed you with.

The biggest temptation I believe is to feel comfortable, to feel like you've worked through all of that here on Earth, and are satisfied with this life.

The search for happiness is more important than the need for pain.

Each human being has the right to seek out joy, joy being understood as something which makes one content - not necessarily that which makes others content.

Much as we deplore our condition in life, nothing would make us more satisfied with it than the changing of places, for a few days, with our neighbors.

What I know for sure: Having the best things is no substitute for having the best life. When you can let go of the desire to acquire, you know you are really on your way.