Inspirational Quotes on Contentment

“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.”

“True contentment is a thing as active as agriculture. It is the power of getting out of any situation all that there is in it. It is arduous and it is rare.”

“True contentment is the power of getting out of any situation all that there is in it.”

“He hath no leisure who useth it not.”

“A cheerful look makes a dish a feast.”

“A wise man cares not for what he cannot have.”

“Let thy mind's sweetness have its operation upon thy body, thy clothes, and thy habitation.”

“I would rather be what God chose to make me than the most glorious creature that I could think of; for to have been thought about, born in God's thought, and then made by God, is the dearest, grandest, and most precious thing in all thinking.”

“I am never better than when I am on the full stretch for God.”

“When you are disposed to be vain of your mental acquirements, look up to those who are more accomplished than yourself, that you may be fired with emulation; but when you feel dissatisfied with your circumstances, look down on those beneath you, that you may learn contentment.”

“If the Lord sets you to guard a lonely post in perfect stillness from all active work, you ought to be just as content as to be in the midst of the active warfare. It is no virtue to love the Master's work better than the Master's will.”

“He who cannot rest, cannot work; he who cannot let go, cannot hold on; he who cannot find footing, cannot go forward.”

“Everything has its wonders, even darkness and silence, and I learn, whatever state I may be in, therein to be content.”

“The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched - they must be felt with the heart.”

“What I am looking for is not out there, it is in me.”

“No matter what looms ahead, if you can eat today, enjoy today, mix good cheer with friends today enjoy it and bless God for it.”

“The art of being happy lies in the power of extracting happiness from common things.”

“Among all the accomplishments of youth there is none preferable to a decent and agreeable behavior among men, a modest freedom of speech, a soft and elegant manner of address, a graceful and lovely deportment, a cheerful gravity and good-humor, with a mind appearing ever serene under the ruffling accidents of human life.”

“Roses grow on thorns and honey wears a sting.”

“I would not change my blest estate for all the world calls good or great.”