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 End
May you find contentment
in the mind

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