Quotes about Contentment

Content with their hardly-won triumphs, that worthy body of men seemed to rest upon their oars. In the plenary enjoyment of their rights of conscience, they forgot the great vital principles of their forefathers, and their own duties and responsibilities.

As a general rule, in the long run of life, it will be found true that sanctified people are the happiest people on earth.

The most miserable creature on earth is the man who has nothing to do. Work for the hands or work for the mind is absolutely essential to human happiness.

The secret of happiness is not doing what we like but in liking what we do.

Now would I give a thousand furlongs of sea for an acre of barren land; long heath, broth furze, any thing.

Understand that the best gifts in life come as blessings; we do not go out looking for them.

If you would have your home and your surroundings happy, be happy. You can transform everything around you if you will transform yourself.

Joy comes and fills the self-emptied heart; it abides with the peaceful; its reign is with the pure.

Worry doesn't change a single thing. Just live.

Jesus told us to look at the birds; they don't worry about the future because our Heavenly Father feeds them. I think that's why they praise Him.

Happiness is something that comes from our own hearts, not from other people.

Live from the abundant place that you are loved, and you won't find yourself begging others for scraps of love.