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Abraham Cowley
Enjoy the present hour, be thankful for the past, And neither fear nor wish th' approaches of the last.
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Aesop
Be content with your lot; one cannot be first in everything.
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Allan K. Chalmers
The grand essentials of happiness are: something to do, something to love, and something to hope for.
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Anonymous
Happiness is a choice that requires effort at times.
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Bible
Then answered Peter, and said unto Jesus, Lord, it is good for us to be here: if thou wilt, let us make here three tabernacles; one for thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elias.
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Bill Copeland
Try to be like the turtle -- at ease in your own shell.
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Burton Hills
Happiness is not a destination. It is a method of life.
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Cervantes Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
I would do what I pleased, and doing what I pleased, I should have my will, and having my will, I should be contented; and when one is contented, there is no more to be desired; and when there is no more to be desired, there is an end of it.
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Charles Lamb
My motto is: Contented with little, yet wishing for more.
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Christian Nestell Bovee
One who is contented with what he has done will never become famous for what he will do. He has lain down to die, and the grass is already over him.
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Cynthia Nelms
Nobody really cares if you're miserable, so you might as well be happy.
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Eugene O'neill
One should either be sad or joyful. Contentment is a warm sty for eaters and sleepers.
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Fred Estabrook
A man who is contented with what he has done will never become famous for what he will do.
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Frederick Douglass
Whenever my condition was improved, instead of its increasing my contentment, it only increased my desire to be free, and set me to thinking of plans to gain my freedom.
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French Proverb
What makes us discontented with our condition is the absurdly exaggerated idea we have of the happiness of others.
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G. C. Lichtenberg
Nothing contributes more to a person's peace of mind than having no opinions at all.
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George Granville, Lord Landsdowne
Happy the man, of mortals happiest he, Whose quiet mind from vain desires is free; Whom neither hopes deceive, nor fears torment, But lives at peace, within himself content; In thought, or act, accountable to none But to himself, and to the gods alone.
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George Moore
A man travels the world over in search of what he needs and returns home to find it.
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