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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 are contented with our day when we have been able to bear our grief in silence, and act as if we were not suffering. — George Eliot

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

Most of God's people are contented to be saved from the hell that is without; they are not so anxious to be saved from the hell that is within. — Robert Murray M'Cheyne

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

One doesn't want to feel too contented; you have to feel challenged by the music. — Alex Lifeson

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

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

Success is not measured on what you earn, it is how you manage to be happy, benevolent and contented with your life. — Sherwin Salinas

He who is not contented with what he has, would not be contented with what he would like to have. — Socrates

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

He was a contented dragon, not a tame one. — Thea Harrison

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

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

You cannot make women contented with cooking and cleaning and you need not try. — Ellen Swallow Richards

If you would get a contented life, do not grasp too much of the world, do not take in more of the business of the world than God calls you to. — Jeremiah Burroughs

To secure a contented spirit, measure your desires by your fortune, and not your fortune by your desires. — Jeremy Taylor

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

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

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

Sin does not remain a contented servant; it seeks to seize and master its participants. — James MacDonald

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

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

You were not contented while you had her, and to weep for her now is childish. — Thomas Paine

Nuns fret not at their convent's narrow room; And hermits are contented with their cells. — William Wordsworth

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