Quotes about Contentment

This time of reflection should also include thanksgiving for all the ways the day went well.

Death to self is submitting all your desires to God. This abandonment of the self to God is the way to experience abundance in God. It means that, in God's hands, we are content for him to take charge of outcomes

We can practice this through spiritual disciplines such as fasting, which can help us stay sweet and strong when we do not get what we want. If we can cheerily give up Twinkies, and peanuts, and steak, and things of that sort for a while, this will bring us to the place where we can say, "Lord, you're quite sufficient for me. If you want to take it away forever, that would be fine.

I have learned that to be with those I like is enough.

Please God … lead me to that kind of love. Until then, help me to know that You are enough.

Envy and greed starve on a steady diet of thanksgiving.

It is not how much we have, but how much we enjoy, that makes happiness.

Happiness is not a goal. It's a by-product.

There is no way to happiness — happiness is the way.

"Most people are about as happy as they make up their minds to be."

The most important thing is to enjoy your life~to be happy~it's all that matters.

Love the life you live, and live the life you love.