Quotes about Contentment

Much of the time, we cannot control what happens to us. But we can always control how we respond to what happens to us. If we cannot choose to be lucky, to be talented, to be loved, we can choose to be grateful, to be content with who we are and what we have, and to act accordingly.

People are so busy chasing happiness- if they would slow down and turn around, they would give it a chance to catch up with them.

I'm not perfect, ... But i'm enough.

If you concentrate on finding whatever is good in every situation, you will discover that your life will suddenly be filled with gratitude, a feeling that nurtures the soul

Those who live with faith have a much better road, a much happier life.

Once a decision was made, I did not worry about it afterward.

Every moment spent in unhappiness is a moment of happiness lost.

But I refused to mope about for the evening. My little ritual with teacup, familiar chair, and a favorite Dickens story went a long way toward improving my outlook.

Real joy seems to me almost as unlike security or prosperity as it is unlike agony.

As much as I loved the model of St. Francis, I realized that I couldn't afford to be poor, because unlike St. Francis, I'm not celibate. I was enlightened that God's call to me was not poverty but generosity and simplicity. And I had to go back to the lesson I learned from my parents: that is, simplicity.

When the soul is understood and attended to, we can be liberated from hurry, preoccupation, unsatisfied desires, and chronic discontent.

Until you are happy with who you are, you will never be happy because of what you have.