Contentment Quotes

"No one's ever happy with their position in Hollywood. You hear that from people you'd never dream would complain."

"Most of the time, we keep looking outside and feeling sad about what others have. Those are mere excuses."

"I'm content with what I've got from the industry, even though sometimes it seems like I might not get the proper credit."

"A reflective, contented mind is the best possession."

"Happiness is the absence of the striving for happiness."

"I might not be as successful as other actresses in the industry, but for me I have achieved success."

"I am grateful for what I am and have. My thanksgiving is perpetual."

"So much has been given to me; I have no time to ponder over that which has been denied."

"Give me only so much that my family is cared for; that I do not go hungry, and no guest at my door leaves hungry."

Kabir

"He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has."

"To love or have loved, that is enough. Ask nothing further."

Victor Hugo

"Is the world of the lotus-eyed one sweeter than rest in the soft arms of the one you love?"

Thiruvalluvar

"He is richest who is content with the least, for content is the wealth of nature."

"Thousands of desires, each worth dying for; many of them I fulfilled, yet still they were too few."

Mirza Ghalib

"Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more."

Melody Beattie

"Thankfulness creates gratitude which generates contentment that causes peace."

Todd Stocker

"Be grateful for what you already have while you pursue your goals."

Roy T. Bennett

"Be content with what you have; rejoice in the way things are. When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you."

"Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for."

Epicurus

"He who is not contented with what he has, would not be contented with what he would like to have."

"Learn to be thankful for what you already have, while you pursue all that you want."

"A contented mind is the greatest blessing a man can enjoy in this world."

Joseph Addison

"Content makes poor men rich; discontent makes rich men poor."

"I cried because I had no shoes, until I met a man who had no feet."

Saadi Shirazi

"Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get."

Dale Carnegie