Try to be like the turtle -- at ease in your own shell.

Try to be like the turtle -- at ease in your own shell.

A man who is contented with what he has done will never become famous for what he will do.

A man who is contented with what he has done will never become famous for what he will do.

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.

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

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

Be happy while you're living, for you're a long time dead.

Be happy while you're living, for you're a long time dead.

It is not our circumstances that create our discontent or contentment. It is us.

It is not our circumstances that create our discontent or contentment. It is us.

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.

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.

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

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