A Sunday well-spent brings a week of content. – Proverb
Since we cannot get what we like, let us like what we can get. – Proverb
A contented mind is the greatest blessing a man can enjoy in this world. – Joseph Addison
I dont want to own anything that wont fit into my coffin. – Fred A. Allen
Contentment is a pearl of great price, and whoever procures it at the expense of ten thousand desires makes a wise and a happy purchase. – John Balguy
For I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content. St. Paul In Philippians 4:11 – Bible
I have learned in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content. Philippians 4:11 – Bible
People are never free of trying to be content. – Murray Bookchin
If we have not quiet in our minds, outward comfort will do no more for us than a golden slipper on a gouty foot. – John Bunyan
Being contented ought to mean in English, as it does in French, being pleased. Being content with an attic ought not to mean being unable to move from it and resigned to living in it; it ought to mean appreciating all there is in such a position. – G. K. Chesterton
To rejoice in anothers prosperity is to give content to your lot; to mitigate anothers grief is to alleviate or dispel your own. – Tryon Edwards
A man who is contented with what he has done will never become famous for what he will do. – Fred Estabrook
Content is a word unknown to life; it is also a word unknown to man. – John Fowles
Who is wise? He that learns from everyone. Who is powerful? He that governs his passions. Who is rich? He who is content. Who is that? Nobody. – Benjamin Franklin
Content makes poor men rich; discontentment makes rich men poor. – Benjamin Franklin
Contentment consist not in adding more fuel, but in taking away some fire. – Thomas Fuller
Yes, there is a Nirvanah; it is leading your sheep to a green pasture, and in putting your child to sleep, and in writing the last line of your poem. – Kahlil Gibran
There are two kinds of discontent in this world. The discontent that works, and the discontent that wrings its hands. The first gets what it wants. The second loses what it has. Theres no cure for the first, but success and theres no cure at all for the second. – Gordon Graham
