Inspirational Quotes on Contentment

“Always look at what you have left. Never look at what you have lost.”

“The loving and much loved wife is satisfied with the love of her husband; his smile is her joy, she cares little for any other. So, if you have come to Christ, thy Maker is thine husband - His free love to you is all you need, and all you can care for - there is no cloud between you and God - there is no veil between you and the Father; you have access to Him who is the fountain of happiness - what have you to do any more with idols? Oh! if your heart swims in the rays of God's love, like a little mote swimming in the sunbeam, you will have no room in your heart for idols. ”

“A little child often runs to its mother and exclaims: 'Mother! Mother!' Very often the child does not want anything in particular, he only wants to be near his mother, to sit upon her lap, or to follow her about the house, for the sheer pleasure of being near her, talking to her, hearing her dear voice. Then the child is happy. His happiness does not consist in asking and receiving all kinds of things from his mother. If that were what he wanted, he would be impatient and obstinate and therefore unhappy. No, his happiness lies in feeling his mother's love and care, and in knowing the joy of her mother love." "It is just the same with the true children of God; they do not trouble themselves so much about spiritual blessings. They only want to sit at the Lord's feet, to be in living touch with Him, and when they do that they are supremely content.”

“Let your children be as so many flowers, borrowed from God. If the flowers die or wither, thank God for a summer loan of them.”

“Think it not hard if you get not your will, nor your delights in this life; God will have you to rejoice in nothing but himself.”

“We may sing beforehand, even in our winter storm, in the expectation of a summer sun at the turn of the year; no created powers can mar our Lord Jesus' music, nor spill our song of joy. Let us then be glad and rejoice in the salvation of our Lord; for faith had never yet cause to have wet cheeks, and hanging-down brows, or to droop or die. ”

“Venture not to the utmost bounds of even lawful pleasures; the limits of good and evil join.”

“If the wicked flourish, and thou suffer, be not discouraged; they are fatted for destruction, thou art dieted for health.”

“Thou must content thyself to see the world imperfect as it is. Thou wilt never have any quiet if thou vexest thyself because thou canst not bring mankind to that exact notion of things and rule of life which thou hast formed in thy own mind.”

“Contentment consist not in adding more fuel, but in taking away some fire.”

“I will not meddle with that which I cannot mend.”

“If you run after two hares, you will catch neither.”

“The Golden Age was never the present Age.”

“What cannot be altered must be borne, not blamed.”

“Just remaining quietly in the presence of God, listening to Him, being attentive to Him, requires a lot of courage and know-how.”

“The secret of contentment is the realization that life is a gift, not a right.”

“If you cannot get what you like, why not try to like what you get?”

“Real contentment must come from within. You and I can not change or control the world around us, but we can change and control the world within us.”

“Actually, only God can satisfy a Christian's heart; man cannot.”

“He who is able to accept everything gladly from the Lord - including darkness, dryness, flatness - and completely disregard self is he who lives for Him.”