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Within what is allotted to us, we can have spiritual contentment. — Neal A. Maxwell

If some talents were withheld, the Withholder knows why. He has done all things well. — Charles Haddon Spurgeon

Contentment with life is not a feeling, but it is a decision we must make. — Joyce Meyer

Just tell yourself, Duckie, you're real quite lucky. — Dr. Seuss

Here lies the bottom and root of all contentment, when there is an evenness and proportion between our hearts and our circumstances. — Jeremiah Burroughs

When a man wants nothing, it's evil to tempt him with something. — Marty Rubin

He is the richest who is content with the least. — Socrates

There are so many paths to contentment if you're open to self-delusion. — Anthony Marra

Contentment is not escape from the battle, but rather an abiding peace and confidence in the midst of the battle. — Warren W. Wiersbe

It promotes charity, courage, contentment, and many other evils. — C.S. Lewis

It is not for man to rest in absolute contentment. — Robert Southey

Selfless service gives contentment and change the vision of seeing things invisible to others. — Kishore Bansal

Being content is perhaps no less easy than playing the violin well: and requires no less practice. — Alain De Botton

Fully experiencing the connection that exists between us all is the secret to true contentment. — Simon Boylan

Humility is patient because it is neither past nor forward seeking - it is content. — Bryant McGill

I'm in a win-win playoff. Response of a Christian dying of cancer at thirty on the prospect of miraculous healing. — Billy Graham

The beauty of the soul enfold in spiritual-life. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Surely I could give him
a sort of contentment ...
That isn't enough to give. Not for the giver. — Dodie Smith

I have learned to seek my happiness by limiting my desires, rather than in attempting to satisfy them. — John Stuart Mill

Let's live with that small pittance which we have; Who covets more is evermore a slave. — Robert Herrick

True contentment is not having everything, but in being satisfied with everything you have. — Oscar Wilde

In contentment and joy are found the height and perfection of all love towards our neighbor. — William Ames

Maybe I don't know yet how to be happy and play well at the same time. — Andre Agassi

Confidence equals contentment with self; contentment is knowing you have all you need for the present circumstances. — John C. Maxwell

Man never has what he wants, because what he wants is everything. — Charles-Ferdinand Ramuz

If you're not content with the small things, then you won't be content with the big things. — Anthony Liccione

You know that the pursuit of worldly things does not bring contentment. Find satisfaction in becoming a worker among the Lord's workers — Binye Vincent

Maybe that's the definition of true contentment: choosing to rest in who God is, regardless of the circumstances. — Stephanie Rische

Imagined happiness is still happiness. — Richelle E. Goodrich

I don't look for bliss, just contentment. — Alison Krauss

Every book purchase made from Amazon is a vote for a culture without content and without contentment. — Ursula K. Le Guin

A dying man needs to die, as a sleepy man needs to sleep, and there comes a time when it is wrong, as well as useless, to resist. — Stewart Alsop

Everybody should live quietly whether his experiences are happy or sad, whether they are successes or failures.
That is contentment. — B.K.S. Iyengar

The happier person is one, that acknowledges and accepts life won't get any better than this. — Anthony Liccione

Contentment is rare among men as it is natural among animals — Will Durant

When you have a distaste for what is not yours, you have set the stage for what is yours. — Paul Enenche

I would slay myself on the altar of boredom if given the chance. — Jessa Crispin

When Christ becomes our central focus, contentment replaces our anxiety as well as our fears and insecurities. — Charles R. Swindoll

Simplicity is the first cousin of contentment. — John Stott

Lord, make me now
As happy as the field.
With flowers enriched ... — Eileen A. Soper

Money isn't everything. — Lailah Gifty Akita

True contentment comes with empathy. — Tim Finn

Contentment makes a poor person rich and discontent makes a rich person poor. — Benjamin Franklin

A man is happy so long as he chooses to be happy. — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

Whenever he was in company he wanted to get away, and whenever he was alone he wanted company. — J.K. Rowling

Contentment is not the fulfillment of what you want, but the realization of how much you already have. — Anonymous

Monochrome contentment or technicolor roller-coaster? No contest, is it? — Catherine Sanderson

When you accept that there is no success greater than inner-peace and contentment, you instantly qualify yourself for more success. — Bryant McGill

Conservatism is not a doctrine of contentment. Not a doctrine for the satisfied and the smug. It's a politics that's at war with the world. — Thomas Frank

Contentment with our lot is an element of happiness. — Aesop

Never allow your possessions to possess you. — Matshona Dhliwayo

I'm shadowboxing in a match the shadow is always going to win. (as a young man battling his deceased brother's heroic legacy) — John F. Kennedy

She seemed to be occupied with of inner chamber of ideas and to have slight need for visible objects. — Thomas Hardy

The West for me means ambition, the East contentment. My heart is ever in one, my soul in the other. — Ameen Rihani

The most difficult thing to adjust to, apparently, is peace and contentment. — Henry Miller

We had little but we didn't know we had little. It seemed to us that we had much and we were very content. — Aleksandra Layland

But what now if all the peace, the comfort, the contentment were to come to a horrible end? — Franz Kafka

Contentment comes not so much from great wealth as from few wants. — Epictetus

Contentment ... has an internal quietness of heart that gladly submits to God in all circumstances. — Joni Eareckson Tada

Deep, contended joy comes from a place of complete security and confidence [in God] - even in the midst of trial. — Charles R. Swindoll

Who can enjoy alone? Or all enjoying what contentment find? — John Milton

Through life's journey, may your feet rest on solid ground, your hands touch the prize of life, and your heart find contentment. — Lorna Jackie Wilson

Health, contentment, and trust are your greatest possessions. And freedom your greatest joy. — Gautama Buddha

And where was happiness if it sprung not from the soil? Where contentment if it dwelt not near to Nature? — Ellen Glasgow

Total contentment is only for cows. — Bette Midler

God may not give that instant dollar bill your seeking, but it's in the little change He brings, that will add to a dollar. — Anthony Liccione

To be happy without your wants is greatest contentment. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Contentment is just the realization that God has already provided for me today all that I need for my present peace and happiness. — Nancy Leigh DeMoss

Is contentment death? Does one need to want in order to live? — A.M. Homes

The secret of contentment is never to allow yourself to want anything which reason tells you you haven't a chance of getting. — P.D. James

Ultimately, contentment is more a shift in attitude than a change in circumstances. — Linda Dillow

Things can be added, but that doesn't mean that anything is missing. — Chris Matakas

There's a Hasidic proverb: 'While we pursue happiness, we flee from contentment.'" Jacob — Jonathan Safran Foer

Contentment can only be found in not envying others or comparing yourself to them but in being satisfied with what you have. — Larry Herzberg

Contentment is the equilibrium between the enjoyment of life now and the anticipation of what is to come. — Priscilla Shirer

What calamity is greater than no contentment,
and what flaw greater than the passion for gain. — Lao-Tzu

Contentment isn't something that just happens to you, Regan Lee, it's a choice. You have to want exactly what you have. — A.P. Jensen

True contentment depends not upon what we have; a tub was large enough for Diogenes, but a world was too little for Alexander. — Charles Caleb Colton

Contentment, as it is a short road and pleasant, has great delight and little trouble. — Epictetus

The real virtue is not to be free from desires but to be content with what you have. — Abhijit Naskar

Gradually as you become curator of your own contentment, you will learn to embrace the gentle yearnings of your heart. — Sarah Ban Breathnach

There's such a thing as too much happiness and sadness. What I'm after is contentment. — Ray Charles

No matter what you're facing, embrace life in trust and contentment based on your faith in Jesus. — Elizabeth George

If thou covetest riches, ask not but for contentment, which is an immense treasure. — Saadi

When we free ourselves of desire, we will know serenity and freedom. — Gautama Buddha

There's a way,
a way way too long but reachable,
not for everyone a way but possible ...
Go and don't lose your way! — Rossana Condoleo

We call bad one who rejects the fruit he is given for the fruit he is expecting or the fruit he was given last time. — C.S. Lewis

Contentment is a state of the heart, not a state of affairs. — Linda Dillow

If you are not content today, there is nothing you can buy tomorrow to change that. — Joshua Becker

If we cannot be contented with our current lives and possessions, then we are feeding an appetite that no amount of money will ever satiate. — Breanna Sampson

Contentment is a rose, and the daily increase of our wants, are the thorns. — Matshona Dhliwayo

Contentment is knowing you're right. Happiness is knowing someone else is wrong. — Bill Bailey

Our goal isn't contentment in and of itself. We're not after a mystical state of Zen. Our goal is to be content for the glory and honor of God. — Stephen Altrogge

What we do in our lives is what gives us contentment and serenity and makes us feel like we are doing some kind of contribution. — Stephen Schwartz

Only when night comes do I feel, if not happiness, at least some kind of repose which I experience as contentment — Fernando Pessoa

Content not to know my purpose here or where I'm going. — Marty Rubin

They merit more praise who know how to suffer misery than those who temper themselves in contentment. — Pietro Aretino

Examine your attitudes toward food, clothes, and shelter. By reducing expectations you will promote contentment. — Dalai Lama XIV

To feel that one has a place in life solves half the problem of contentment. — George Edward Woodberry

Many people lose the small joys in the hope for the big happiness. — Pearl S. Buck