Quotes by Contentment O Contentment, make me rich! for without thee there is no wealth. Saadi richwealthcontentment Happiness can only be achieved by looking inward & learning to enjoy whatever life has and this requires transforming greed into gratitude. Saint John Chrysostom gratitudecontentmentgreed A good life with contentment is itself a great wealth. For we brought nothing with us into this world, and we can take nothing out of it. So if we have enough of what we need, let us be content with that. Saint Timothy contentmentinspirationallife If thou covetest riches, ask not but for contentment, which is an immense treasure. Saadi richescontentmenttreasure It doesn’t matter if you’re rich or poor-the determining factor of success and happiness is contentment. Sakyong Mipham rich-or-poorcontentmentmatter That is true plenty, not to have, but not to want riches. Saint John Chrysostom richescontentmentwant There is no health in those who are displeased by an element in Your creation, just as there was none in me when I was displeased by many things You had made. Because my soul didn't dare to say that my God displeased me, it refused to attribute to You whatever was displeasing. Saint Augustine elementscontentmentsoul Be always displeased at what thou art, if thou desirest to attain to what thou art not. Saint Augustine contentmentifsart There is no treasure equal to contentment and no virtue equal to fortitude. Sarada Devi fortitudecontentmenttreasure Harmony is the inner cadence of contentment we feel when the melody of life is in tune. Sarah Ban Breathnach cadencecontentmenttunes Gradually as you become curator of your own contentment, you will learn to embrace the gentle yearnings of your heart. Sarah Ban Breathnach contentmenthealingheart That sense of happiness just out beyond my reach - I'm not sure I'd grasped that exactly, but I'd got something close to it, contentment maybe, or at least a functioning routine with regular rewards. Sebastian Faulks routinerewardscontentment Christian contentment, therefore, is the direct fruit of having no higher ambition than to belong to the Lord and to be totally at His disposal in the place He appoints, at the time He chooses, with the provision He is pleased to make. Sinclair B. Ferguson contentmentambitionchristian It's not a very big step from contentment to complacency. Simone de Beauvoir complacencycontentmentsteps It has not yet been recorded that any human being has gained a very large or permanent contentment from meditation upon the fact that he is better off than others. Sinclair Lewis contentmentmeditationfacts Whatever the misery, he could not regain contentment with a world which, once doubted, became absurd. Sinclair Lewis miserycontentmentworld Contentment is an undervalued grace. Sinclair B. Ferguson undervaluedcontentmentgrace He is the richest who is content with the least. Socrates contentmentgreekinspirational Contentment is natural wealth. Socrates wealthcontentmenthappiness I love to go and see all the things I am happy without. Socrates contentment«89101112131415161718»
