Contentment Quotes

"Oh, don't let's ask for the moon. We've already got the stars."

Bette Davis

"I like my peace. I am happy in my space."

Randhir Kapoor

"Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants."

"It is not the man who has too little, but the man who craves more, that is poor."

Seneca

"The greatest happiness you can have is knowing that you do not necessarily require happiness."

William Saroyan

"When you are content to be simply yourself and don't compare or compete, everybody will respect you."

"Contentment is natural wealth, luxury is artificial poverty."

"My crown is in my heart, not on my head; Not decked with diamonds and Indian stones, Nor to be seen: my crown is called content."

“I have learned that to be with those I like is enough.”

“To need nothing is divine, and to need as little as possible comes nearest to the divine.”

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

“He who is satisfied with his lot is rich.”

“There is no calamity greater than to be discontented with one's lot; no fault greater than the wish to be getting.”

“He who is content needs fear no shame. He who knows to stop incurs no blame.”

“To be able to look back upon one's life in satisfaction is to live twice.”

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

“I seldom think about my limitations, and they never make me sad. Perhaps there is just a touch of yearning at times; but it is vague, like a breeze among flowers.”

“Everything has its wonders, even darkness and silence, and I learn, whatever state I may be in, therein to be content.”

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

“He has the most who is most content with the least.”

“It is the privilege of the gods to want nothing, and of godlike men to want little.”

“When you are discontent, you always want more, more, more. But when you practise contentment, you can say to yourself, "Oh yes, I already have everything that I really need."

“It is not how much we have, but how much we enjoy, that makes happiness.”

“Content makes poor men rich; discontent makes rich men poor.”

“Who is wise? He that learns from every one. Who is powerful? He that governs his passions. Who is rich? He that is content.”