16 Favorite Contentment Quotes

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16 Favorite Contentment Quotes

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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

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Contentment is natural wealth, luxury is artificial poverty.

Socrates

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Health is the greatest

possession. Contentment is the greatest treasure. Confidence is the greatest friend.

Non-being is the greatest joy.

Lao Tzu

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There is no end of craving. Hence contentment alone is the best way to

happiness. Therefore, acquire contentment.” Swami Sivananda

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Contentment is a pearl of great

price, and whoever

procures it at the expense of ten thousand

desires makes a wise and a

happy purchase. John Balguy

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Man falls from the pursuit of the ideal of plan living and high thinking the moment he wants to multiply his daily wants. Man's happiness really lies in contentment. Mohandas Gandhi

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Riches are not from an abundance of worldly goods, but from a contented mind.

Muhammad

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Contentment is not the fulfillment of

what you want, but the realization of how much you already have.

Unknown

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The secret of contentment is knowing how to enjoy what you have, and to be able to lose all

desire for things beyond your reach. Lin Yutang

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Content makes poor men rich; discontentment makes rich men poor.

Benjamin Franklin

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If you are content, you

have enough to live comfortably.

Plautus

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My crown is in my heart, not on my

head, Nor decked with diamonds and Indian stones, Nor

to be seen: My crown is called

content: A crown it is, that seldom

kings enjoy.William

Shakespeare

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When we cannot find contentment in ourselves, it is useless to seek it

elsewhere.La Rochefoucauld,

Francois De

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The greatest wealth is to live content with little, for there is never want where

the mind is satisfied. Lucretius

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

Seneca

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Be happy with what you have

and are, be generous with both, and you won't have to

hunt for happiness.William E. Gladstone

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The EndMay you find contentment

in the mind