Quotes about Contentment
Everything we touch in our daily lives, including our body, is a miracle. By putting the kingdom of god in the right place, it shows us it is possible to live happily right here, right now.
- Thich Nhat Hanh
The way to Heaven is ascending; we must be content to travel uphill, though it be hard and tiresome, and contrary to the natural bias of our flesh.
- Jonathan Edwards
We should travel light and live simply. Our enemy is not possessions but excess.
- John Stott
Strong and content I travel the open road.
- Walt Whitman
I believe ingratitude is the original sin. I believe if Adam and Eve had been grateful for the garden of Eden they had, they would not have been so focused on the one tree they didn't have.
- Max Lucado
All I really want is enough to live on, a little house in the country... and a tree in the garden with seven of my enemies hanging in it.
- Heinrich Heine
Life is too short to worry about stupid things. Pray. Trust God. Enjoy life. Don't let the little things get you down.
- Nicky Gumbel
Deep, contended joy comes from a place of complete security and confidence [in God] - even in the midst of trial.
- Charles Swindoll
Acceptance is taking from God's hand absolutely anything He gives, looking into His face in trust and thanksgiving.
- Charles Swindoll
If you're missing joy and peace, you're not trusting God.
- Joyce Meyer
You will never truly realize God is all you need until He becomes all you have.
- Mother Teresa
In general, I think, human beings are happiest at table when they are very young, very much in love or very alone.
- MFK Fisher