Contentment Quotes - Page 2

• Contentment is never the outcome of fulfillment, of achievement, or of the possession of things; it is not born of action or inaction. It comes with the fullness of what is, not in the alteration of it.

  Jiddu Krishnamurti

  Achievement, Outcomes, Action

  Jiddu Krishnamurti (2010). “Commentaries on Living”, p.250, M-y books ltd

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• If we are always demanding something out of life, then we will never be content. But if we accept life as it is, then we will know contentment.

  Thich Thien-An

  Accepting, Knows, Ifs

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• The rarest feeling that ever lights a human face is the contentment of a loving soul.

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Light, Soul, Feelings

  Henry Ward Beecher (1858). “Life Thoughts”, p.91

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• Who is wise? He that learns from everyone. Who is powerful? He that governs his passions. Who is rich? He that is content. Who is that? Nobody.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Wise, Wisdom, Powerful

  Benjamin Franklin (193?). “The life and letters”

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• I don't have everything I want but I have everything I need. That's contentment.

  James MacDonald

  Needs, Want

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• Be confident, cheerful and contented. The mind can produce any degree of contentment and peace. To generate these, no other agency or help is required.

  Swami Bhoomananda Tirtha

  Agency, Mind, Cheerful

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• When we free ourselves of desire, we will know serenity and freedom.

  Gautama Buddha

  Serenity, Desire, Knows

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• There is greatness in the fear of God, contentment in faith of God, and honour in humility.

  Abu Bakr

  Humility, Greatness, Caliphs

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• At some point, you gotta let go, and sit still, and allow contentment to come to you.

  Elizabeth Gilbert

  Being Happy, Letting Go, Beautiful Life

  Elizabeth Gilbert (2009). “Eat Pray Love: One Woman's Search for Everything”, p.164, Bloomsbury Publishing

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• Good humor is a tonic for mind and body. It is the best antidote for anxiety and depression. It is a business asset. It attracts and keeps friends. It lightens human burdens. It is the direct route to serenity and contentment.

  Grenville Kleiser

  Inspiring, Depression, Funny Inspirational

  "On the Art of Business". Book by James Howard Merkel, Abdul Wahab Al-Falaij, p.66, February 1, 2004.

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• Christian contentment is that sweet, inward, quiet, gracious frame of spirit, which freely submits to and delights in God's wise and fatherly disposal in every condition.

  Jeremiah Burroughs

  Christian, Wise, Sweet

  Jeremiah Burroughs (2001). “Rare Jewel of Christian Contentment”, p.2, Sovereign Grace Publishers,

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• Do not tell me that you have got to be rich! We have a false standard of greatness in the United States. We think here that a man must be great, that he must be notorious; that he must be extremely wealthy, or that his name must be upon the putrid lips of rumor. It is all a mistake. It is not necessary to be rich or to be great, or to be powerful, to be happy. The happy man is the successful man. Happiness is the legal tender of the soul.Joy is wealth.

  Robert Green Ingersoll

  Powerful, Mistake, Successful

  Robert Green Ingersoll (1907). “The works of Robert G. Ingersoll”, p.207, Library of Alexandria

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• To be well skilled in the mystery of Christian contentment is the duty, glory and excellence of a Christian.

  Jeremiah Burroughs

  Christian, Excellence, Mystery

  Jeremiah Burroughs, Rev Terry Kulakowski, Editor (2015). “The Rare Jewel of Christian Contentment”, p.15, Lulu.com

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• Cheerfulness and contentment are great beautifiers, and are famous preservers of good looks.

  Charles Dickens

  Life, Cheerful, Looks

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• To be without some of the things you want is an indispensable part of happiness.

  Bertrand Russell

  Inspirational, Motivational, Happiness

  Bertrand Russell (2015). “The Conquest of Happiness”, p.15, Lulu Press, Inc

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• Be happy with what you have and are, be generous with both, and you won't have to hunt for happiness.

  William E. Gladstone

  Inspirational, Happiness, Happy

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• Contentment is the only real wealth.

  Alfred Nobel

  Real, Wealth, Real Wealth

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• When you are discontent, you always want more, more, more. Your desire can never be satisfied. But when you practice contentment, you can say to yourself, 'Oh yes - I already have everything that I really need.'

  Dalai Lama

  Being Happy, Practice, Desire

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• We need much less than we think we need.

  Maya Angelou

  Inspirational, Thinking, What Matters

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• The true antidote to greed is contentment. If you have a strong sense of contentment, it doesn't matter whether you obtain the object of your desire or not. Either way, you are still content.

  Bill Vaughan

  Strong, Greed, Desire

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• Remember that very little is needed to make a happy life.

  Marcus Aurelius

  Inspirational, Life, Happiness

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• How many cares one loses when one decides not to be something, but to be someone.

  Coco Chanel

  Inspirational, Happiness, Graduation

  "Contemporary Quotations‎". Book by James Beasley Simpson, 1954.

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• Contentment is not escape from the battle, but rather an abiding peace and confidence in the midst of the battle.

  Warren W. Wiersbe

  Battle, Abiding, Midst

  Warren W. Wiersbe (2010). “Pause for Power: A 365-Day Journey through the Scriptures”, p.337, David C Cook

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• Contentment is the continuing act of accepting the process of your own life.

  David Gerrold

  Success, Aging, Accepting

  "A Season for Slaughter (The War Against the Chtorr, Book 4)". Book by David Gerrold, 1992.

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• I greet every new day with the words, 'Thank you, thank you, thank you.' That's the state of mind that directs me, fulfills me, and sends me out into the world with a gift to share. It's a blessing that I have learned over a lifetime - to experience the presence of Spirit in most of my waking moments. It's a feeling of contentment and satisfaction, of peace and love.

  Wayne Dyer

  Blessing, New Day, Feelings

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