Quotes about Contentment
Books and friends should be few but good.
— Anonymous
To spend several days in a friend's house and hunger for something to read, while you are treading on costly carpets, and sitting upon luxurious chairs and sleeping upon down, is as if one were bribing your body for the sake of cheating your mind
— Henry Ward Beecher
Happiness is nothing more than good health and a bad memory.
— Albert Schweitzer
I don't want to make money, I just want to be wonderful.
— Marilyn Monroe
I'm not interested in money, I just want to be wonderful.
— Marilyn Monroe
Never regret anything, because at one time it was exactly what you wanted.
— Marilyn Monroe
Joy is not getting what you want; it's appreciating what you have.
— Mark Batterson
Joy is not getting what you want. It's fully appreciating what you have. And it starts with the basics, like water.
— Mark Batterson
Don't accumulate possessions, accumulate experiences or vice versa.
— Mark Batterson
The healthiest, holiest, and happiest people on the planet are those who laugh at themselves the most.
— Mark Batterson
It's not about success and failure. It's not about good days and bad days. It's not about wealth or poverty. It's not about health or sickness. It's not even about life or death. It's about glorifying God in whatever circumstance you find yourself in.
— Mark Batterson
Good friends, good books, and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life.
— Mark Twain