Quotes about Contentment
Who is there that ever receives a gift and tries to make bargains about it? Let us, then, return thanks for what He has bestowed on us. Who can tell whether, if we had had a larger share of ability or stronger health, we should not have possessed them to our destruction.
— Alphonsus Liguori
If I could learn to treat triumph and disaster the same, then I would find bliss.
— Kathie Lee Gifford
Giving is true having.
— Charles Spurgeon
There's no happier person than a truly thankful, content person.
— Joyce Meyer
It's a form of bullying, in my opinion, to make sure that your kid gets the best grades, the best jobs and all that sort of stuff. I just want my child to be happy. I want him to do his best and trust God in the rest, but I'm not going to bully him.
— Nick Vujicic
There are worse situations than drowning in cash and sitting, sitting, sitting. I remember when I wasn't awash in cash — and I don't want to go back.
— Charlie Munger
Nothing is ever enough when what you are looking for isn't what you really want.
— Arianna Huffington
That is true plenty, not to have, but not to want riches.
— St. John Chrysostom
It's vital that you accept yourself and learn to be happy with who God made you to be. If you want to truly enjoy your life, you must be at peace with yourself.
— Joel Osteen
Do you always want to be right or do you want to be happy?
— H Jackson Brown, Jr.
When someone asks us where we want to be in our lives, the last thing that occurs to us is to look down at our feet and say, 'Here, I guess, since this is where I am.'
— Barbara Brown Taylor
I am not promising that God will give you everything you want. There are times when we want things that God knows would not be good for us.
— Joyce Meyer