Quotes about Contentment
Most folk are about as happy as they make up their minds to be.
— Abraham Lincoln
Happy is he that chastens himself.
— Anonymous
Better be happy than wise.
— Anonymous
It is the heart that makes a man rich. He is rich according to what he is, not according to what he has.
— Henry Ward Beecher
You have to turn the lemons life gives you into lemonade, and you have to take time to sit back and enjoy it.
— Jon Jones
Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend.
— Melody Beattie
It's not about getting what you want. It's about experiencing what you really need by becoming more.
— Tony Robbins
I did not know that mankind was suffering for want of gold.
— Henry David Thoreau
Sell your clothes and keep your thoughts. God will see that you do not want society.
— Henry David Thoreau
The mind in itself wants nothing, unless it creates a want for itself; therefore it is both free from perturbation and unimpeded, if it does not perturb and impede itself.
— Marcus Aurelius
That man has the fewest wants who is the least anxious for wealth.
— Publilius Syrus
Happy is he who marries the woman he wants, happier is he who marries the woman he needs, and happiest is he who marries the woman he wants and needs.
— Matshona Dhliwayo