Quotes about Contentment
Happiness belongs to the self-sufficient.
- Aristotle
Happiness does not lie in amusement; it would be strange if one were to take trouble and suffer hardship all one's life in order to amuse oneself
- Aristotle
Nature does nothing in vain. Therefore, it is imperative for persons to act in accordance with their nature and develop their latent talents, in order to be content and complete.
- Aristotle
Happiness seems to depend on leisure, because we work to have leisure, and wage war to live in peace.
- Aristotle
A man who as a physical being is always turned toward the outside, thinking that his happiness lies outside him, finally turns inward and discovers that the source is within him.
- Soren Kierkegaard
So many people are looking at what's wrong, and I try to encourage them to look at what's right in their life. A lot of people have it a lot worse than you do.
- Joel Osteen
Oh, let us love our occupations, Bless the squire and his relations, Live upon our daily rations, And always know our proper stations.
- Charles Dickens
I suppose that I have not many months to live: but of course I know nothing about it. I may add that I am enjoying existence as much as ever, and regret nothing.
- Henry David Thoreau
The hardest thing to find in life is balance - especially, the more success you have, the more you look to the other side of the gate.
- Celine Dion
Being alive is having what I want, that is my joy, my happiness.
- Marty Rubin
Life is to be enjoyed, not endured
- Gordon Hinckley
Through all of living have much joy and laughter, life is to be enjoyed, not just endured.
- Gordon Hinckley