Quotes about Contentment

A grateful heart is a beginning of greatness. It is an expression of humility. It is a foundation for the development of such virtues as prayer, faith, courage, contentment, happiness, love, and well-being.

Being deeply contented with God in my everyday life is a focused attitude. It is always available. It means practicing letting go of my obsession with how I'm doing. It means training myself to learn to actually be present with people, and seeking to love them.

Whether we're happy with our circumstances or not, giving God praise is so important.

Truly a man does not live by bread alone. A good name is still to be preferred over great riches. Especially is it to be preferred to the appearance of riches, acquired with nothing down and nothing to pay for two months.

However happy people say they are, nobody is satisfied: we always have to be with the prettiest woman, buy a bigger house, change cars, desire what we do not have.

I grew up with very little - so material things have never been that important for me.

It is not what we take up, but what we give up, that makes us rich.

If you've lost your spirit, even living in the richest country in the world can't help you become rich.

I don't have many sad days.

When a person becomes satisfied, he doesn't run after things, doesn't worry about it, and doesn't make efforts.

I have a full and satisfying life. My work and my family are very important to me.

True spirituality frees us to live joyfully in the present.