Quotes about Contentment
What is it we buy with this money we desire? Is it something valuable? Is it something lasting? Oh, why do we desire it? Miserable is the rest achieved that costs so dearly.
— Teresa of Avila
Clearly we must not be attached to anything, no matter how innocent, because it will slip from our grasp when least expected; nothing but the eternal can content us.
— St. Therese of Lisieux
My only consolation lies in not having any here below.
— St. Therese of Lisieux
If every tiny flower wanted to be a rose, spring would lose its loveliness
— St. Therese of Lisieux
The happy man in this life needs friends.
— St. Thomas Aquinas
God, make my body healthy and agile, my mind sharp and clear, my heart joyful and contented, my soul faithful and loving.
— St. Thomas Aquinas
happy. I've never seen such a look of peace and love on a woman's face." Augusta's
— Stephanie Grace Whitson
I bet you to believe me when I say again that we do not need a great house, Sarah. We only need a great love.
— Stephanie Grace Whitson
It's a funny thing about life, once you begin to take note of the things you are grateful for, you begin to lose sight of the things that you lack.
— Germany Kent
Don't grow accustomed to living with less, doing less, and being less to the point that you eventually sit back and accept it.
— Joel Osteen
Love yourself as you are. Love and approve of yourself.
— Louise Hay
Love your life, poor as it is.
— Henry David Thoreau