The contented man can be happy with what appears to be useless.

The contented man can be happy with what appears to be useless.

Patience is the key to contentment.

Patience is the key to contentment.

There are two kinds of discontent in this world. The discontent that works, and the discontent that wrings its hands. read more

There are two kinds of discontent in this world. The discontent that works, and the discontent that wrings its hands. The first gets what it wants. The second loses what it has. There's no cure for the first, but success and there's no cure at all for the second.

Learn to be pleased with everything; with wealth, so far as it makes us beneficial to others; with poverty, for read more

Learn to be pleased with everything; with wealth, so far as it makes us beneficial to others; with poverty, for not having much to care for; and with obscurity, for being unenvied.

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

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.

Nobody really cares if you're miserable, so you might as well be happy.

Nobody really cares if you're miserable, so you might as well be happy.

It is right to be contented with what we have, but never with what we are.

It is right to be contented with what we have, but never with what we are.

My motto is: Contented with little, yet wishing for more.

My motto is: Contented with little, yet wishing for more.

If you are content, you have enough to live comfortably.

If you are content, you have enough to live comfortably.