A youthful mind is seldom totally free from ambition; to curb that, is the first step to contentment, since to diminish expectation is to increase enjoyment.
Frances Burney

Alas! if the principles of contentment are not within us, the height of station and worldly grandeur will as soon add a cubit to a man's stature as to his happiness.
Laurence Sterne

As to that leisure evening of life, I must say that I do not want it. I can conceive of no contentment of which toil is not to be the immediate parent.
Anthony Trollope

Contentment consist not in adding more fuel, but in taking away some fire.
Thomas Fuller

Contentment is, after all, simply refined indolence.
Thomas Chandler Haliburton

From labour health, from health contentment spring; contentment opes the source of every joy.
James Beattie

Good humor is a tonic for mind and body. It is the best antidote for anxiety and depression. It is a business asset. It attracts and keeps friends. It lightens human burdens. It is the direct route to serenity and contentment.
Grenville Kleiser

Happiness, contentment, the health and growth of the soul, depend, as men have proved over and over again, upon some simple issue, some single turning of the soul.
George A. Smith

Health is the greatest gift, contentment the greatest wealth, faithfulness the best relationship.
Buddha

Health is the greatest possession. Contentment is the greatest treasure. Confidence is the greatest friend. Non-being is the greatest joy.
Lao Tzu

I am sensible of the velocity of the moments, and entering that part of my head alert to the motion of the world I am aware that life was never perfect, never absolute. This bestows contentment, even a fearlessness.
Harold Brodkey

In contentment and joy are found the height and perfection of all love towards our neighbor.
William Ames

Man falls from the pursuit of the ideal of plan living and high thinking the moment he wants to multiply his daily wants. Man's happiness really lies in contentment.
Mahatma Gandhi

One often learns more from ten days of agony than from ten years of contentment.
Harold Coffin

One often learns more from ten days of agony than ten years of contentment.
Merle Shain

One should either be sad or joyful. Contentment is a warm sty for eaters and sleepers.
Eugene O'Neill

Peace, plenty, and contentment reign throughout our borders, and our beloved country presents a sublime moral spectacle to the world.
James K. Polk

The apex of my civic pride and personal contentment was reached on the bright September morning when I entered the public school.
Mary Antin

The world is full of people looking for spectacular happiness while they snub contentment.
Doug Larson

There is greatness in the fear of God, contentment in faith of God, and honour in humility.
Abu Bakr