We may pass violets looking for roses. We may pass contentment looking for victory.

We may pass violets looking for roses. We may pass contentment looking for victory.

A man travels the world over in search of what he needs and returns home to find it.

A man travels the world over in search of what he needs and returns home to find it.

We tend to forget that happiness doesn't come as a result of getting something we don't have, but rather of read more

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.

Be content with your lot; one cannot be first in everything.

Be content with your lot; one cannot be first in everything.

Contentment is, after all, simply refined indolence.

Contentment is, after all, simply refined indolence.

Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; remember that what you now have was once read more

Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for.

Happiness is a choice that requires effort at times.

Happiness is a choice that requires effort at times.

If you can look back on your life with contentment, you have one of man's most precious gifts -- a read more

If you can look back on your life with contentment, you have one of man's most precious gifts -- a selective memory.

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.