Quotes by Contentment She was moved by a kind of commiseration... a pity for that colorless existence which never uplifted its possessor beyond the region of blind contentment, in which no moment of anguish ever visited her soul, in which she would never have the taste of life's delirium. Kate Chopin delirium-tremenscontentmentsoul When we are set free from the bondage of pleasing others, when we are free from currying others'approval-then no one will be able to make us miserable or dissatisfied. And then, if we know we have pleased God, contentment will be our consolation. Kay Arthur pleasing-otherscontentmentable Conventions of generality and mathematical elegance may be just as much barriers to the attainment and diffusion of knowledge as may contentment with particularity and literary vagueness... It may well be that the slovenly and literary borderland between economics and sociology will be the most fruitful building ground during the years to come and that mathematical economics will remain too flawless in its perfection to be very fruitful. Kenneth E. Boulding contentmentperfectionyears Could fulfillment ever be felt as deeply as loss? Romantically she decided that love must surely reside in the gap between desire and fulfillment, in the lack, not the contentment. Love was the ache, the anticipation, the retreat, everything around it but the emotion itself. Kiran Desai contentmentlossdesire Part of the trick of being happy is a refusal to allow oneself to become too nostalgic for the heady triumphs of one's youth. Larry McMurtry triumphyouthcontentment If you can find true contentment, it will last forever. Laozi taoismcontentmentforever To know people is wisdom, but to know yourself is enlightenment. to master people takes force, but to master yourself takes strength. to know contentment is wealth, and to live with strength resolve. to never leave whatever you are is to abide, and to die without getting lost- that is to live on and on. Laozi words-of-wisdomcontentmentpeople You're all so obsessed with other worlds, you're so convinced that this one is crap and everywhere else is great, but you've never bothered to figure out what's going on here! Lev Grossman other-worldsobsessedcontentment I am a jumble of passions, misgivings, and wants. It seems that I am always in a state of wishing and rarely in a state of contentment. Libba Bray contentmentpassionwish Perhaps it's because I appreciate all I have so much that I don't worry about what I haven't got. Leo Tolstoy contentmentappreciateworry Contentment is a state of the heart, not a state of affairs. Linda Dillow affaircontentmentheart Contentment is accepting God's sovereign control over all of life's circumstances. Linda Dillow accepting-godsovereigncontentment Ultimately, contentment is more a shift in attitude than a change in circumstances. Linda Dillow contentmentattitudehappiness If we want to be women of contentment, we must choose to accept our portion, our assigned roles from God. We must make the choice to dwell on the positive aspects of our role in life. If we don't we'll be discontent, always wanting something different from what we've been given. Linda Dillow contentmentdifferentchoices It seems that everyone has their own inexplicable fear to have nightmares about. We need nightmares to keep ourselves entertained, and fend off the contentment that we all fear and abhor so much. Louis de Bernieres nightmarecontentmentneeds The key to contentment is to consider. Consider who you are and be satisfied with that. Consider what you have and be satisfied with that. Consider what God's doing and be satisfied with that. You will be amazed at how much more comfortable you'll feel with yourself. Finally, consider this: If contentment cannot be found within yourself, you'll never find it. Luci Swindoll contentmentkeysfound Children internalize their parents' unhappiness. Fortunately, they absorb our contentment just as readily. Lucille Ball contentmentparentchildren We can console ourselves for not having great talents as we console ourselves for not having great places. We can be above both in our hearts. Luc de Clapiers contentmenttalentheart Suggestion is generally better than Definition. There is a seeming dogmatism about Definition that is often repellent, while Suggestion, on the contrary, disarms suspicion and summons to co-operation and experiment. Definition provokes discussion. Suggestion provokes to love and good works. Defining is limiting. Suggestion is enlarging. Defining calls a halt; Suggestion calls for an advance. Defining involves the peril of contentment: "I am here, I rest." "Thus far," says Definition, and draws a map. "Westward," cries Suggestion, and builds a boat. Maltbie Davenport Babcock definingcontentmentdefinitions There are a lot of things that I'm allowing myself to be, but it's a conscious effort to experience contentment for me. My brain doesn't do that naturally. I'm very overwhelmed all of the time. Marc Maron effortcontentmentbrain«678910111213141516»
