Quotes about Contentment
Is it better to have had a good thing and lost it, or never have had it?
— Charles Dickens
He may not have money, but he always has what is much better—family, my dear.
— Charles Dickens
If nothing worse than Ale happens to us, we are well off.
— Charles Dickens
If I could have known Cicero, and been his friend, and talked with him in his retirement at Tusculum (beau-ti-ful Tusculum l), I could have died contented.
— Charles Dickens
He was a mere child in the world, but he didn't cry for the moon. He said to the world, 'Go your several ways in peace! Wear red coats, blue coats, lawn-sleeves, put pens behind your ears, wear aprons; go after glory, holiness, commerce, trade, any object you prefer; only - let Harold Skimpole live!
— Charles Dickens
Worldly goods are divided unequally, and man must not repine.
— Charles Dickens
It is always the secure who are humble.
— GK Chesterton
No man can tell whether he is rich or poor by turning to his ledger. It is the heart that makes a man rich. He is rich or poor according to what he is, not according to what he has.
— Henry Ward Beecher
No man that lives can satisfy everybody. The recipe for perfect peace is, do nothing, say nothing, be nothing.
— Elbert Hubbard
Think big thoughts but relish small pleasures.
— H Jackson Brown, Jr.
Judge your success by the degree that you're enjoying peace, health, and love.
— H Jackson Brown, Jr.
Understand that happiness is not based on possessions, power, or prestige, but on relationships with people you love and respect.
— H Jackson Brown, Jr.