Quotes about Contentment
I wouldn't want to live if I did not have my work. In any case, it's good that I'm already old and personally don't have to count on a prolonged future.
— Albert Einstein
There were times when I could not afford to sacrifice the bloom of the present moment to any work, whether of the head or hand. I love a broad margin to my life.
— Henry David Thoreau
Happiness is not a matter of intensity but of balance, order, rhythm and harmony.
— Thomas Merton
Wouldn't it be something if we could have things we love in abudance without their losing that special attraction the want of them held for us.
— Dolly Parton
We will never be happy until we make God the source of our fulfillment and the answer to our longings. He is the only one who should have power over our souls.
— Stormie Omartian
Money can't heal your heart. Money can't give you purpose. I don't want arms and legs, I want purpose. I don't want arms and legs, I want peace. I don't want arms and legs, I want to be a miracle for someone else.
— Nick Vujicic
I have found that winning isn't everything, and, in fact, in the relationships I most care about, it isn't anything.
— Robert Brault
Love rewards you more in a moment than pleasure could in a lifetime.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
Love makes you the richest person in the world, no matter how poor you are.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
Peace gives you the world, laughter gives you the sky, joy gives you the world, and love gives you the universe.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
Peace is the substance of life going well. Joy is the substance of life feeling as it should.
— Miroslav Volf
A good life is made by accumulating in the course of a lifetime everything that is really good and by wanting nothing that impedes or frustrates this effort.
— Mortimer Adler