16 Favorite Contentment Quotes

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

Contentment is natural wealth, luxury is artificial poverty. Socrates

Health is the greatest possession. Contentment is the greatest treasure. Confidence is the greatest friend. Non-being is the greatest joy. Lao Tzu

There is no end of craving. Hence contentment alone is the best way to happiness. Therefore, acquire contentment. Swami Sivananda

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

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

Contentment is not the fulfillment of what you want, but the realization of how much you already have. Unknown

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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