Contentment Quotes

Where wealth and freedom reign; contentment fails, And honor sinks where commerce long prevails. - Oliver Goldsmith

When you've found someone good, don't go looking for someone better. - Unknown

When you are discontent, you always want more, more, more. Your desire can never be satisfied. But when you practice contentment, you can say to yourself, 'Oh yes - I already have everything that I really need.' - Dalai Lama

Whatever we are waiting for - peace of mind, contentment, grace, the inner awareness of simple abundance - it will surely come to us, but only when we are ready to receive it with an open and grateful heart. - Sarah Ban Breathnach

What he had not learned, however, was this: to find contentment in himself and his own life. - Hermann Hesse

Weeds and nettles, briars and thorns, have thriven under your shadow, dissettlement and division, discontentment and dissatisfaction, together with real dangers to the whole. - Oliver Cromwell

We tend to forget that happiness doesn't come as a result of getting something we don't have, but rather of recognizing and appreciating what we do have. - Frederick Keonig

We can learn a lot from dogs. The sweet balm of puppy love can soothe a tender hearts. Often the way to inner peace and contentment is as close as a cool tile floor, a rub on the belly or a long walk with someone we love. - Amy Jordan