Quotes about Contentment

But if we want God's peace and joy, we can't waste our time trying to be people-pleasers.

If you have wondered how to have peace, I can tell you that it will come if you will quit making a big deal about everything.

We can and should be satisfied where we are, while we are getting to where we are going.

Be content with what you have, refuse to focus on what you don't have; love others; and stay hopeful concerning what you want and need.

Folks are usually about as happy as they make their minds up to be. Abraham Lincoln

Stop Saying "Hate" and Start Saying "Joy

Contentment with life is not a feeling, but it is a decision we must make.

Trust in Him Have you decided to enjoy today? Trust that God is with you every day, in every moment—the big moments and the ordinary—and He wants you to enjoy them

If you are willing to give yourself away, you will have a much better life than you ever would have had trying to keep yourself.

Enjoying life begins with enjoying yourself. You're the one person you're never going to get away from, so you'd better learn to like yourself. It's impossible to love your life if you don't love yourself.

Consider the lilies of the field and learn thoroughly how they grow; they neither toil nor spin. Yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his magnificence (excellence, dignity, and grace) was not arrayed

Obviously these people are destined to be frustrated and discontented most of the time. Don't spend your life trying to make the impossible possible. People have faults and there is no way around it! No matter who you are in relationship with there will be times when they will disappoint you, so plan on forgiving frequently.