Quotes by Contentment Conservatism is not a doctrine of contentment. Not a doctrine for the satisfied and the smug. It's a politics that's at war with the world. Thomas Frank doctrinecontentmentwar We can’t direct the wind, but we can adjust the sails. For maximum happiness, peace, and contentment, may we choose a positive attitude. Thomas S. Monson contentmentattitudewind It is our work to cast care, and it is God's work to take care. Thomas Watson anxietycontentmentcare True contentment comes with empathy. Tim Finn empathycontentmentencouragement Love easily confuses us because it is always in flux between illusion and substance, between memory and wish, between contentment and need. Tom Robbins contentmentwishmemories Every book purchase made from Amazon is a vote for a culture without content and without contentment. Ursula K. Le Guin amazoncontentmentbook It is not enough to be happy, one must be content. Victor Hugo contentmentenough I know well, Monsieur, how much you have to endure in your present duty, and I ask Our Lord to strengthen you in your difficulties. It is in such circumstances that we acquire virtue; where there is no suffering, there is little merit. My wish is that God may grant us great indifference with regard to duties. O Monsieur, how sure we would then be of doing His Holy Will, which is our sole aspiration, and how much peace and contentment we would enjoy, or so it seems to me! Vincent de Paul contentmentsufferingwish It is not our circumstances that create our discontent or contentment. It is us. Vivien Greene soulmatecontentmentinspirational Contentment should be the hallmark of my life, as I put my affairs in the hands of God. W. Phillip Keller affaircontentmenthands Whoever is not in his coffin and the dark grave, let him know he has enough. Walt Whitman coffinscontentmentdark As we sometimes find one thing while we are looking for another, so, if truth escaped me, happiness and contentment fell in my way. Walter Savage Landor contentmentsometimesway Contentment is better than divinations or visions. Walter Savage Landor contentmentvision 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. Warren W. Wiersbe contentmentrealworld Contentment is not escape from the battle, but rather an abiding peace and confidence in the midst of the battle. Warren W. Wiersbe abidingcontentmentbattle Contentment comes from wanting what we need, not needing what we want. Wayne Gerard Trotman contentmentwantneeds It is resignation and contentment that are best calculated to lead us safely through life. Whoever has not sufficient power to endure privations, and even suffering, can never feel that he is armor proof against painful emotions,--nay, he must attribute to himself, or at least to the morbid sensitiveness of his nature, every disagreeable feeling he may suffer. Wilhelm von Humboldt contentmentsufferingfeelings In contentment and joy are found the height and perfection of all love towards our neighbor. William Ames contentmentperfectionjoy The virtue of contentment is the acquiescence of the mind in the lot God has given William Ames acquiescencecontentmentmind With all our crime and all our immorality ... and about as much contentment and respose as a fresh-caged hyena, we go to tell the whole world: we are the only one with the right idea! Will Rogers hyenascontentmentideas«89101112131415161718»
