Quotes about Contentment
We ought to desire whatever is really good for us and nothing else.
— Mortimer Adler
success is not a comparison of what we have done with what others have done.
— Myles Munroe
Gratitude unleashes the freedom to live content in the moment, rather than being anxious about the future or regretting the past.
— Nancy Leigh DeMoss
Gratitude is a lifestyle. A hard-fought, grace-infused, biblical lifestyle.
— Nancy Leigh DeMoss
The secret of her calm seemed to be that she was not trying to prove anything. She was—that was all. And her stance toward life seemed to say: God is—and that is enough.
— Catherine Marshall
Don't need no more of this world's goods. Some folks gits plumb mesmerized when paper money is shook afore their eyes.
— Catherine Marshall
I always prided myself on the fact that I could live out of milk crates forever. It was kind of my way of detaching from materialism.
— Kerry Washington
We tend to think we can be happy only if we're number one. But if you want to be number one, you have to devote all your time and energy to your work.
— Thich Nhat Hanh
You don't have to run anywhere to become someone else.
— Thich Nhat Hanh
So spend time with your food; every minute of your meal should be happy. Not many people have the time and the opportunity to sit down and enjoy a meal like that. We are very fortunate.
— Thich Nhat Hanh
When we're sitting, we're truly there in the present moment; we have come home, we have arrived. We are present in that time and place; we're not pulled away by the past, the future, or by anger or jealousy in the present.
— Thich Nhat Hanh
Open all the doors. Don't commit yourself to just one idea of happiness. Remove the idea of happiness that you have, and then happiness can come, this afternoon.
— Thich Nhat Hanh