Quotes about Contentment
When you are unhappy, is there anything more maddening than to be told that you should be contented with your lot?
— Kathleen Norris
The universe offers you three things that money cannot buy: joy, love, and life.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
If you choose money over love, you will always be poor.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
If you have nothing but joy in this life, you are still rich.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
If they ask you how rich you are, tell them to look inside your heart.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
Whether your cup is half-full or half-empty, remind yourself there are others without one.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
In my own life I know that my state of cheerfulness is a reliable gauge of my level of spiritual enlightenment at that moment. The more cheerful, happy, contented, and satisfied I am feeling, the more aware I am of my deep connection to Spirit.
— Wayne Dyer
A man's true state of power and riches is to be in himself.
— Henry Ward Beecher
I have friends in overalls whose friendship I would not swap for the favor of the kings of the world.
— Thomas Edison
He is happiest of whom the world says least, good or bad.
— Thomas Jefferson
We never regret having eaten too little.
— Thomas Jefferson
When ambition ends, happiness begins.
— Thomas Merton