Quotes about Contentment

When we find our core certainty within, then we no longer look for certainty outside. The unfathomable nature of the ever-changing world ceases to be a source of anxiety and instead is a source of joy and adventure.

be happy for no reason, like a child. If you are happy for a reason, you're in trouble, because that reason can be taken from you.

All shall be well, and all shall be well, and all manner of things shall be well,

If we make happiness our primary goal instead of our secondary goal, then we easily accomplish everything else we desire.

Who is content simply to be? You too have felt the peace of simply being. Wake up to that, and you will join me in being free.

What else can you do?" Gram asked "Live without love? Keep a houseful of cats? Pah! What kind of life is that? How lonely an existence. Love's not always easy, but it's worth it. You'll never find happiness if you let fear stand in the way of what you truly desire.

I came here searching for something, Dad. I didn't find what I'd expected, but I found what I needed: peace. I needed peace.

Because gratitude is the key to happiness, anything that undermines gratitude must undermine happiness. And nothing undermines gratitude as much as expectations. There is an inverse relationship between expectations and gratitude: The more expectations you have, the less gratitude you will have.

Yes, there is a "secret to happiness"—and it is gratitude. All happy people are grateful, and ungrateful people cannot be happy. We tend to think that it is being unhappy that leads people to complain, but it is truer to say that it is complaining that leads to people becoming unhappy. Become grateful and you will become a much happier person.

My faith helps me understand that circumstances don't dictate my happiness, my inner peace.

You all have by you a large treasure of divine knowledge, in that you have the Bible in your hands; therefore be not contented in possessing but little of this treasure.

Happiness is the art of learning how to get joy from your substance.