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Content makes poor men rich; discontentment makes rich men poor.
Content makes poor men rich; discontentment makes rich men poor.
My motto is: Contented with little, yet wishing for more.
My motto is: Contented with little, yet wishing for more.
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.
If you are content, you have enough to live comfortably.
If you are content, you have enough to live comfortably.
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.
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.
I have no money, no resources, no hopes. I am the happiest man alive.
I have no money, no resources, no hopes. I am the happiest man alive.
Most people would rather be certain they're miserable, than risk being happy.
Most people would rather be certain they're miserable, than risk being happy.
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.