Quotes about Contentment
desire will be at rest, not only our desire for God but all our desires; so that the joy of the blessed is full to perfection—indeed, over-full, since they will obtain more than they were capable of desiring
- Peter Kreeft
Yet one's joy will be greater than another's on account of a fuller participation of the divine happiness
- Peter Kreeft
According to the Bible, the antidote to materialism is generosity.
- David Jeremiah
Christian joy isn't always laughing, always having a good, hilarious time. Christian joy is the deep, settled peace that comes to live within your heart when you know that the really important things are all right.
- David Jeremiah
The more you are grateful for what you have the more you will have to be grateful for.
- Zig Ziglar
Success isn't about things we acquire.
- Andrew Flintoff
I'm not anxious to be anywhere other than where I am right now.
- Amy Grant
Fade, fade, each earthly joy; Jesus is mine! Break every earthly tie; Jesus is mine; Dark is the wilderness; Earth has no resting-place; Jesus alone can bless; Jesus is mine.
- Horatius Bonar
The voice from the tree did not summon them to do, but to be satisfied with what was done.
- Horatius Bonar
For it is not knowing much, but realising and relishing things interiorly, that contents and satisfies the soul.
- Ignatius of Loyola
Delight yourself in the Lord, and he will give you the desires of your heart. When we're delighting in him, our desires come in line with his, not his with what we want.
- Colleen Coble
We don't all have to be in the limelight to be reaching our potential,' Jack said, keeping his voice even. 'There's something to be said for raising a family and being part of my community.
- Colleen Coble