Quotes about Contentment

I tell you I have nearly attained my heaven; and that of others is altogether undervalued and uncoveted by me.'' Heathcliff

I am now quite content in my seeking pleasure in society be it country or town, a sensible man ought to find sufficient company in himself.

Demand not that things happen as you wish, but wish them to happen as they do, and you will go on well.

It is better to die of hunger having lived without grief and fear, than to live with a troubled spirit, amid abundance

Freedom is secured not by the fulfilling of men's desires, but by the removal of desire.

If any be unhappy, let him remember that he is unhappy by reason of himself alone. For God hath made all men to enjoy felicity and constancy of good.

There is but one way to tranquility of mind and happiness, and that is to account no external things thine own, but to commit all to God.

If you want to improve, you must be content to be thought foolish and stupid.

He who is discontented with what he has, and with what has been granted to him by fortune, is one who is ignorant of the art of living, but he who bears that in a noble spirit, and makes reasonable use of all that comes from it, deserves to be regarded as a good man.

Protect what belongs to you at all costs; don't desire what belongs to another.

Do not wish that all things will go well with you, but that you will go well with all things.

I want to die, even though I don't have to.