Quotes about Contentment

To wish the best for all people; to find the good in everything; to be content in all circumstances—such thoughts are the portal to heaven.

Where is the burden which should cause unhappiness or sorrow? It does not exist. If a thing is to be done let it be done cheerfully, and not with inward groanings and lamentations. It is of the highest wisdom to embrace necessity as a friend and guide.

When impatience and irritability are entirely put away, are finally offered up on the altar of unselfishness, then is realised and enjoyed the blessedness of a strong, quiet, and peaceful mind.

Blessedness and riches are only joined together when the riches are rightly and wisely used; and the poor man only descends into wretchedness when he regards his lot as a burden unjustly imposed.

Indigence and indulgence are the two extremes of wretchedness.

Some of you, unfortunately, will never marry in this life. That turns out to be the case sometimes. If that happens, do not spend your life grieving over it. The world still needs your talents. It needs your contribution.

[Gratitude is] the cheerfulness of wisdom.

I pray daily, not for more riches, but for more wisdom with which to recognize, embrace and enjoy what I already possess.

A heart full of love is worth more than a purse full of coins.

A wise man's sorrow is better than a fool's happiness.

He who is happy in his hut is better than he who is miserable in his palace.

Pray for your needs, not your greed.