Quotes about Contentment

You must have a cigarette. A cigarette is the perfect type of a perfect pleasure. It is exquisite, and it leaves one unsatisfied. What more can one want?

To be truly happy is a question of how we begin, and not how we end, of what we want and not what we have.

If you knew who God made you to be, you'd never want to be anyone else.

Ask for what you want, but be willing to take what God gives you. It may be better than what you asked for.

Poverty wants much; but avarice, everything.

Nobody has a perfect life and it's entirely possible that if you want someone else's life they are busy wanting someone else's too—maybe even yours.

Whether we like it or not, God intends to give us what we need, not what we now think we want

Selfishness is like a disease that suffocates our capacity to love. While love asks us to deny ourselves for the sake of another, selfishness demands we put ourselves first at their expense. When we choose to be self-centered, we become less kind and content—more needy, sensitive, and demanding. More unsatisfiable. Moodiness and impatience, laziness and irresponsibility, are only selfishness in disguise.

You may know what you need, but to get what you want, better see that you keep what you have.

If what I do pleases God, it is always the right thing to do, and I can stop worrying about everyone else's reactions. This dramatically simplifies life.

The little things in life are as interesting as the big ones.

When I am completely united to You, there will be no more sorrow or trials; entirely full of You, my life will be complete.