Zitat des Tages über Zufriedenheit / Contentment:
I am sensible of the velocity of the moments, and entering that part of my head alert to the motion of the world I am aware that life was never perfect, never absolute. This bestows contentment, even a fearlessness.
I spend a lot of time doing carpentry. Sometimes there is nothing that gives me the contentment that sawing a piece of wood does.
There is greatness in the fear of God, contentment in faith of God, and honour in humility.
True humility is contentment.
People get a little sidelined thinking that fame and fortune is going to bring them happiness, peace and contentment in their lives. Everyone thinks they want to be famous until the paparazzi are in their face, and then they're asking, 'Just give me some privacy.'
True contentment is a thing as active as agriculture. It is the power of getting out of any situation all that there is in it. It is arduous and it is rare.
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.
One should either be sad or joyful. Contentment is a warm sty for eaters and sleepers.
True contentment depends not upon what we have; a tub was large enough for Diogenes, but a world was too little for Alexander.
A youthful mind is seldom totally free from ambition; to curb that, is the first step to contentment, since to diminish expectation is to increase enjoyment.
Health is the greatest possession. Contentment is the greatest treasure. Confidence is the greatest friend. Non-being is the greatest joy.
Contentment does not come from achievement.
True contentment comes with empathy.
I find it very difficult just to sit. I would love to learn how to do that with contentment.
A grateful heart is a beginning of greatness. It is an expression of humility. It is a foundation for the development of such virtues as prayer, faith, courage, contentment, happiness, love, and well-being.
Whatever we are waiting for - peace of mind, contentment, grace, the inner awareness of simple abundance - it will surely come to us, but only when we are ready to receive it with an open and grateful heart.
The life my grandparents had was thoroughly American. They built a small ranch into a huge operation and fulfilled my great-grandparents' dreams. Theirs was... a simpler time of contentment and patriotism.
We may pass violets looking for roses. We may pass contentment looking for victory.
One often learns more from ten days of agony than from ten years of contentment.
One often learns more from ten days of agony than ten years of contentment.
This happiness consisted of nothing else but the harmony of the few things around me with my own existence, a feeling of contentment and well-being that needed no changes and no intensification.
As to that leisure evening of life, I must say that I do not want it. I can conceive of no contentment of which toil is not to be the immediate parent.
There is no end of craving. Hence contentment alone is the best way to happiness. Therefore, acquire contentment.
The Czech Republic, severed from its old Slovak half, sits in apparent landlocked contentment, inside the European Union but outside the troubled Euro Zone, set into the new Continental mosaic like one of the small sturdy paving stones, just a few inches square, that form the sidewalks under the visitor's ambling feet.
Contentment does not come from achievement. It comes from a relationship with the Lord.
Peace, plenty, and contentment reign throughout our borders, and our beloved country presents a sublime moral spectacle to the world.
In contentment and joy are found the height and perfection of all love towards our neighbor.
Contentment consist not in adding more fuel, but in taking away some fire.
The world is full of people looking for spectacular happiness while they snub contentment.
I don't look for bliss, just contentment.
Alas! if the principles of contentment are not within us, the height of station and worldly grandeur will as soon add a cubit to a man's stature as to his happiness.
Contentment is, after all, simply refined indolence.
Contentment is work so engrossing that you do not know that you are working.
Yet better for one of my nature to have it that way than to have life a peaceful, placid flow of quiet contentment. I must have days of rushing excitement.
If I couldn't use food or love to define contentment, I would use reading.
Good humor is a tonic for mind and body. It is the best antidote for anxiety and depression. It is a business asset. It attracts and keeps friends. It lightens human burdens. It is the direct route to serenity and contentment.
