Quotes about Contentment
A wise man cares not for what he cannot have.
— Anonymous
Happiness is not being pained in body or troubled in mind.
— Thomas Jefferson
To have a full stomach and fixed income are no small things .
— Elbert Hubbard
Reflect upon your present blessings of which every man has many not on your past misfortunes of which all men have some.
— Charles Dickens
He who is content in his poverty is wonderfully rich.
— Anonymous
The greatest wealth is contentment with a little.
— Anonymous
He is not rich that possesses much but he that is content with what he has.
— Anonymous
Earthly possessions dazzle our eyes and delude us into thinking that they can provide security and freedom from anxiety. Yet all the time they are the very source of anxiety.
— Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Freedom is when you are easy in the harness.
— Robert Frost
Is detachment the answer to freedom? No, because detachment is negative - it is to be without. The answer must be positive - I must replace what I have with something better.
— Mother Angelica
True happiness ... arises in the first place from the enjoyment of one's self and in the next from the friendship and conversation of a few select companions.
— Joseph Addison
Of all the things which wisdom provides to make life entirely happy much the greatest is the possession of friendship.
— Epicurus