Quotes about Contentment

Well, maybe it is true, Clevinger conceded unwillingly in a subded tone. Maybe a long life does have to be filled with many unpleasant conditions if it's to seem long. But in that event, who wants one? I do, Dunbar told him. Why? Clevinger asked. What else is there?

The men were perfectly content to fly as manny missions as we asked them as long as thought they had no alternative. Now you've given them hope, and they're unhappy. So the blame is all yours.

Thomas Aquinas writes: "There is within every soul a thirst for happiness and meaning.

Seek His face and not His hand.

We must meditate on what God has done in our life instead of what we are still waiting on Him to do.

Nobody has a perfect life and it's entirely possible that if you want someone else's life they are busy wanting someone else's too—maybe even yours.

We can get excited by thinking about what all we have or can have, OR we can get discouraged by thinking about what all we don't have.

Many people say "my life stinks". Well, your life will stink if you spend today thinking about tomorrow.

Nobody on their death bed ever worried about their bank balance.

The people who are happy are the ones who decide to be happy.

No matter what we own, we will not be happy if doing God's will is not a priority in our lives.

There are many emotions we have to resist, but happiness is not one of them! So go ahead and be as happy as you can possibly be.