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No rage is equal to the rage of a contented right-thinking man when he is confronted in the marketplace by an idea which belongs in the pulpit. — Thurman Arnold

We must not be contented however with praying, without exerting ourselves in the use of means for the obtaining of those things we pray for. — William Carey

We only see in a lifetime a dozen faces marked with the peace of a contented spirit. — Henry Ward Beecher

I'm not contented to capture the world. I want to change it. — Leonardo Da Vinci

For me, I would rather read a good book, from a contented author. I don't really care what it takes to produce that. — Neil Gaiman

It is great wealth to a soul to live frugally with a contented mind. — Lucretius

Old but contented, the face of a man who had sipped life's vinegar and found it, by and large, to be mostly whiskey, and good whiskey at that. — Neil Gaiman

Be contented with the things of the world. Develop greed for God. — Radhe Maa

A contented spirit is the sweetness of existence. — Charles Dickens

A life built upon Sabbath is contented because in rhythms of rest we discover our time is full of the holiness of God. — Shelly Miller

A Bradypus or Sloth am I, / I live a life of ease, / Contented not to do or die / But idle as I please. — Michael Flanders

Poor worms, they hiss at me, whilst I at home Can be contented to applaud myself, ... with joy To see how plump my bags are and my barns. — Ben Jonson

To possess is past the instant; we achieve the joy, immortality contented, were anomaly. — Emily Dickinson

Let your mind, happily contented with the present, care not what the morrow will bring with it. — Horace

It is not being out at heels that makes a man discontented, it is being out at heart. To be contented is to be good friends with yourself. — Bliss Carman

Savour a slow-paced contented life. — Fennel Hudson

Love is a capricious creature which desires everything and can be contented with almost nothing. — Madeleine De Scudery

Contentment is not happiness. An oyster may be contented. Happiness is compounded of richer elements. — Christian Nestell Bovee

Break not the rose; its fragrance and beauty are surely sufficient, resting contented with these, never a thorn shall you feel. — John Hay

I am contented, happy, and consequently a bad historian. — Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

I won't change my legs. because I'm contented with my long-legged. — Melanie Marquez

A contented sigh came from the tips of her toes. — Linda L. Broday

Be contented, when you have got all you want. — Holbrook Jackson

Apparently women are phenomenal creature, but to be contented with ones own beauty is a risk only few can take. — Lawrence Okafor

When we place our discontented egos on the altar of gratitude, we develop contented altar egos filled with thanksgiving. — Craig Groeschel

To be truly happy and contented, you must let go of what it means to be happy or content. — Confucius

Surrender to fate and you will never be fully contented. — Steven Redhead

Let me beg you, not to rest contented with the commonplace religion that is now so prevalent. — Adoniram Judson

I live in fear of being a contented passenger. I'd rather get parts I can't play. — Michael Gambon

So why am I often miserable about what goes on here? Shouldn't I be happy, contented, and glad. — Anne Frank

I'm really a very happy, contented little person in spite of my broken heart. — L.M. Montgomery

There were a thousand ways to imagine someone unhappy and so few ways to imagine someone contented. — Anna Quindlen

Show me a completely contented person and I'll show you a failure. — Thomas A. Edison

I'd rather see you poor men's wives, if you were happy, beloved, contented, than queen's on thrones, without self-respect and peace. — Louisa May Alcott

I am too easily contented with a slight and almost animal happiness. My happiness is a good deal like that of the woodchucks. — Henry David Thoreau

Who realizes how contented feral children are? The grasp of the family fell away as soon as I was out the door. — Michael Ondaatje

I am quite my own master, agreeably lodged, perfectly easy in my circumstances. I am contented with my situation, and happy because I think myself so. — Alain-Rene Lesage

Hollywood is a gold-plated suburb suitable for golfers, gardeners, assorted middlemen, and contented movies stars. I am none of these things. — Orson Welles

I was just thinking how the purr of a contented cat is one of my favorite sounds in the world. There's something so comforting about it, isn't there? — Laura Lam

Show me a thoroughly contented person, and I will show you a useless one. — Josh Billings

I'm a very contented, peaceful man. I made mistakes, yes, but I accepted them, and, I hope, graciously. — Don Ameche

Time, the destroyer of every affection, wore away my unpleasant feelings, and I became as contented as before. We — James E. Seaver

Moderation in people who are contented comes from that calm that good fortune lends to their spirit. — Francois De La Rochefoucauld

I could have an office all to myself but since my collaborators don't have one, then I too am contented to have a desk in a shared room. — Ingvar Kamprad

Love ... who needed love? As long as she had her books and her friends and an occasional hookup, she was perfectly content. — Lauren Conrad

Even Christ hadn't been able to sell salvation to contented sinners. — Marcus Sakey

I love my family, my wife, my kids, my dogs, my home, my life. I am a very happy and contented man. — Eric Idle

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

Don't confuse your mentor with your buddies. Unlike the latter, your mentor isn't contented with where you're in life right now... — Assegid Habtewold

I don't trust photographers. I'm now a relaxed, contented 60 year-old, but look at my pictures and you see a crazy, bug-eyed serial killer. — Richard Ingrams

As far as he could remember, Sam slept through the night in deep content, if logs are contented. — J.R.R. Tolkien

Do not be contented with this unspeakable blessing for yourself alone - but publish abroad the story of the cross. — Charles Haddon Spurgeon

A reflective, contented mind is the best possession. — Zoroaster

Joy and openness come from our own contented heart. — Gautama Buddha

Riches are not from abundance of worldly goods, but from a contented mind. — Nazr Mohammed

Show me a contented newspaper editor and I will show you a bad newspaper. — Arthur Christiansen

Nothing looks as self-satisfied as a contented cat. — Barbara Mertz

Man's greatest wealth is to live on a little with contented mind; for little is never lacking. — Titus Lucretius Carus

To be self-contented is to be vile and ignorant, ans that to aspire is better than to be blindly and impoitently happy. — Edwin A. Abbott

The only way to live is to risk being unhappy...and I'd rather be unhappy with the person I loved than as contented as a cat by the fire. — Harry Haskell

Success is not just money in the bank but a contented heart and peace of mind. — Sarah Ban Breathnach

Never, never rest contented with any circle of ideas, but always be certain that a wider one is still possible. — Pearl Bailey

We are born dead, and we are becoming more and more contented with our condition. We are acquiring the taste for it. — Fyodor Dostoevsky

The more worldly pleasure we enjoy, the less satisfied and contented we are with life. — Billy Graham

Those who know the true use of money, and regulate the measure of wealth according to their needs, live contented with few things. — Baruch Spinoza

Wherever you are you should always be contented, but especially at home, because there you must spend the most of your time. — Jane Austen

I know what I want. A full belly, a contented heart, and a place in this world. — Karen Cushman

I paint as I want to with no holds barred. I am more contented lately than I have been for a long time about my work. But not dangerously so. — William Dobell

When you are unhappy, is there anything more maddening than to be told that you should be contented with your lot? — Kathleen Norris

A contented mind is the best source for trouble. — Plautus

To cook well and with imagination you have to be in a cheerful and contented frame of mind, and thus inclined to be generous. — Alice Thomas Ellis

Self-discipline is crucial to a simpler, more contented life. — Dalai Lama

Democracy means despair of finding any heroes to govern you, and contented putting up with the want of them. — Thomas Carlyle

It is right to be contented with what we have, never with what we are. — James Mackintosh

It is good to have companions when occasion arises, and it is good to be contented with whatever comes. — Gautama Buddha

Human sympathy has its limits, and we were contented to let all their tragic arguments fade with the city lights behind. — F Scott Fitzgerald

I have found that, to make a contented slave, it is necessary to make a thoughtless one. — Frederick Douglass

Only the untouched, the well-fed and contented, could possibly covet suffering like a designer jacket. — Lionel Shriver

It is good to be a cynic - it is better to be a contented cat - and it is best not to exist at all. — H.P. Lovecraft

For in a dearth of comforts, we art taught
To be contented with the least. — William Davenant

No, Freedom has a thousand charms to show
That slaves, howe'er contented, never know. — William Cowper

Angels contented with their face in heaven,
Seek not the praise of men. — John Milton

Happiness is being contented with what you got-- so get enough. — Dik Browne

No one is qualified to converse in public except those contented to do without such conversation. — Thomas A Kempis