Contentment should not be confused with smugness… Contentment is being happy despite of the successes and failures.

You will never accept gratitude as a solution to your problems, until you have reached the last stage of grief--acceptance.

Ari smiled. The sun was shining, the weather was great, he was eating ice cream, and all his dreams were about to come true.

True contentment depends not upon what we have; a tub was large enough for Diogenes but a world was too little for Alexande

Being content with what you have already is an art form that leads to a peace that can’t be replaced by anything else.

‎I'm in a win-win playoff. " Response of a Christian dying of cancer at thirty on the prospect of miraculous healing.

Start from here, now is all you have, there will never be a better place or time and by tomorrow you would have lost more time.

It's not what you have on the outside that glitters in light, it's what you have on the inside that shines in the dark.

God may not give that instant dollar bill your seeking, but it's in the little change He brings, that will add to a dollar.

Better to be happy with the cod fish in your plate now, than to linger for the taste of a tuna that is still swimming in the sea.

Part of the trick of being happy is a refusal to allow oneself to become too nostalgic for the heady triumphs of one's youth.

The secret of contentment is never to allow yourself to want anything which reason tells you you haven't a chance of getting.

A dying man needs to die, as a sleepy man needs to sleep, and there comes a time when it is wrong, as well as useless, to resist.

Always remember that you were once alone, and the crowd you see in your life today are just as unecessary as when you were alone.

Contentment is a state of happiness and satisfaction. The choices we make are our own decisions for how we want to live our life.