Being Content Quotes - Page 2

• What are you doing for others?

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Kings, Helping Others, Volunteer

  Jim Haskins, James Haskins, Martin Luther King (Jr.) (1992). “I have a dream: the life and words of Martin Luther King, Jr”, Millbrook Pr

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• A quiet secluded life in the country, with the possibility of being useful to people to whom it is easy to do good, and who are not accustomed to have it done to them; then work which one hopes may be of some use; then rest, nature, books, music, love for one's neighbor — such is my idea of happiness.

  Leo Tolstoy

  Inspirational, Happiness, Country

  Leo Tolstoy (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Leo Tolstoy (Illustrated)”, p.390, Delphi Classics

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• Be The Peace You Wish To See In The World!

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Inspirational, Motivational, Change

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• Impatience makes us get ahead of ourselves, reaching out for something in the future and not really being content with where we are, here and now.

  David Steindl-Rast

  Patience, Reaching, Here And Now

  "Become What You Are". Interview with John Loudon, gratefulness.org. 1982.

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• Life is so impermanent that it's not about somebody else or things around me, it's about knowing you are completely alone in this world and being content inside.

  K. D. Lang

  Knowing, World, Life Is

  "I'm mistaken for a man every day" by Emine Saner, www.theguardian.com. July 16, 2008.

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• Being content with what you have already is an art form that leads to a peace that can’t be replaced by anything else.

  Elizabeth Gilbert

  Art, Form, Replaced

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• Effective listening is more than simply avoiding the bad habit of interrupting others while they are speaking or finishing their sentences. It's being content to listen to the entire thought of someone rather than waiting impatiently for your chance to respond.

  Richard Carlson

  Motivational, Effective Listening, Waiting

  Richard Carlson (1998). “Don't Sweat the Small Stuff, and It's All Small Stuff: Simple Ways to Keep the Little Things from Taking Over Your Life”, MacMillan Publishing Company

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• 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.

  Gilbert K. Chesterton

  Moving, Mean, Appreciate

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• That her relationship with him was like being content in a house but always sitting by the window and looking out

  Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

  House, Sitting, Window

  Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (2013). “Americanah”, p.14, Anchor

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• Being content is perhaps no less easy than playing the violin well: and requires no less practice.

  Alain de Botton

  Practice, Contentment, Violin

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• Like those in the valley behind us, most people stand in sight of the spiritual mountains all their lives and never enter them, being content to listen to others who have been there and thus avoid the hardships.

  Robert M. Pirsig

  Spiritual, Sight, People

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• Animation is capable to go beyond superego defense strategies and touch deep human being contents as no other art expression.

  Luiz Bolognesi

  Art, Expression, Defense

  Source: blogs.indiewire.com

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• we must be as satisfied to be powerless, idle and still before God, and dried up and barren when He permits it, as to be full of life, enjoying His presence with ease and devotion. The whole matter of our union with God consists in being content either way.

  Jane Frances de Chantal

  God, Enjoy Life, Ease

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• I am not saying this because I am in need, for I have learned to be content whatever the circumstances. I know what it is to be in need, and I know what it is to have plenty. I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation, whether well fed or hungry, whether living in plenty or in want. I can do everything through him who gives me strength.

  Paul the Apostle

  Giving, Secret, Needs

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• ... we should not worry about clothes or food? Such anxiety is a mark of? unbelievers, who reject the providence of the Lord and deny the Creator. An attitude of this kind is entirely wrong for Christians who believe that even? sparrows? are under the care of the holy angels (cf. Mt. 10:29). The demons, however? suggest worries of this kind? The divine word can bear no fruit, being choked out by our cares. Let us, then, renounce these cares, and throw them down before the Lord, being content with what we have at the moment?

  Evagrius Ponticus

  Christian, Attitude, Believe

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• The signs of the soundness of the servant's love for his Lord are three: absence of self-willing; pleasure in every event which takes place through divine decree; and seeing the perfection of the Beloved in everything and being content with Him in everything through submission to Him in all things.

  Ibn Ata Allah

  Love, Self, Perfection

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• This is the secret of being content: To learn and accept that we live daily by God's unmerited favor given through Christ, and that we can respond to any and every situation by His divine enablement through the Holy Spirit.

  Jerry Bridges

  Secret, Favors, Spirit

  Jerry Bridges (2016). “The Practice of Godliness”, p.98, NavPress

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• We think of happiness as something we can take. But usually it comes from being content with what we have, and accepting ourselves.

  Cynthia Hand

  Thinking, Accepting

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• You can search the world over, but you won’t find happiness until you realize that happiness
  isn’t getting what you want. It’s being content with what you already have.

  Yasmin Mogahed

  Finding Happiness, Getting What You Want, World

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• All of us are responsible to provide for ourselves and our families in both temporal and spiritual ways. To provide providently, we must practice the principles of provident living: joyfully living within our means, being content with what we have, avoiding excessive debt, and diligently saving and preparing for rainy-day emergencies. When we live providently, we can provide for ourselves and our families and also follow the Savior's example to serve and bless others.

  Robert D. Hales

  Spiritual, Mean, Rainy Day

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• Happy is the person who has learned the secret of being content with whatever life brings him, and has learned to rejoice in the simple and beautiful things around him.

  Billy Graham

  Beautiful, Simple, Secret

  Billy Graham, Franklin Graham, Donna Lee Toney (2011). “Billy Graham in Quotes”, p.47, Thomas Nelson Inc

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