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Contentment Quotes by Famous Authors

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1. “Men know they are sexual exiles. They wander the earth seeking satisfaction, craving and despising, never content. There is nothing in that anguished motion for women to envy.”

Camille Paglia

Men, Sexuality, Desire, Exile, Contentment

2. “If that’s all he can get, and he takes it, I should say it’s enough.”

J.P. Morgan

Acceptance, Sufficiency, Contentment, Decision, Compromise

3. “How much money does it take to make a man happy? Just one more dollar.”

John D. Rockefeller

Money, Happiness, Greed, Contentment, Desire

4. “A man’s wealth must be determined by the relation of his desires and expenditures to his income. If he feels rich on ten dollars, and has everything else he desires, he really is rich.”

John D. Rockefeller

Wealth, Simplicity, Contentment, Perspective, Finance

5. “It is wrong to assume that men of immense wealth are always happy.”

John D. Rockefeller

Wealth, Happiness, Assumptions, Success, Contentment

6. “The secret of happiness is renunciation.”

Andrew Carnegie

Happiness, Simplicity, Wisdom, Life, Contentment

7. “I don’t want to make more friends. I have four kids, I have plenty of friends, and all the personal relationships I need.”

Guy Kawasaki

Friends, Relationships, Personal Life, Priorities, Contentment

8. “I don’t “need” the rush to be happy. I’d be perfectly happy without the attention and action.”

Guy Kawasaki

Happiness, Contentment, Simplicity, Peace, Mindset

9. “Were I Diogenes, I would not move out of a kilderkin into a hogshead, though the first had had nothing but small beer in it, and the second reeked claret.”

Charles Lamb

Philosophy, Contentment, Choices, Simplicity, Perspective

10. “Oh, the pleasure of eating my dinner alone!”

Charles Lamb

Solitude, Contentment, Food, Simplicity, Enjoyment

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

Charles Lamb

Contentment, Desire, Life, Balance, Motto

12. “Time partially reconciles us to anything. I gradually became content – doggedly contented, as wild animals in cages.”

Charles Lamb

Time, Contentment, Adjustment, Struggle, Life

13. “Our desires, once realized, haunt us again less readily.”

Margaret Fuller

Desire, Realization, Regret, Reflection, Contentment

14. “How many persons must there be who cannot worship alone since they are content with so little.”

Margaret Fuller

Worship, Solitude, Contentment, Faith, Individuality

15. “It's ok to want to be happy, instead of rich.”

Ankur Warikoo

Happiness, Wealth, Priority, Contentment, Choice

16. “He has the most who is content with the least.”

Ankur Warikoo

Contentment, Wealth, Simplicity, Satisfaction, Perspective

17. “If you are at peace with who you are and where you are in life, you cut out all the noise! While everyone still shouts, your peace silences all of them for you.”

Ankur Warikoo

Peace, Identity, Contentment, Silence, Self-acceptance

18. “If you are happy with where you are in life, nothing else will matter. If you aren't, everything will seem to matter!”

Ankur Warikoo

Happiness, Contentment, Perspective, Priority, Self-awareness

19. “If you are happy with who you are in life, nothing else matters. If you are not, nothing else will matter!”

Ankur Warikoo

Happiness, Identity, Priority, Contentment, Self-worth

20. “If you do not have the money, yet buy expensive items to show you have the money - you will never reach a spot where you will say "I have enough".”

Ankur Warikoo

Money, Spending, Contentment, Value, Self-worth

21. “Grateful for everything. Entitled to nothing.”

Ankur Warikoo

Gratitude, Entitlement, Humility, Perspective, Contentment

22. “It's ok to have a job and not want to startup. Just saying!”

Ankur Warikoo

Job, Choice, Normalcy, Ambition, Contentment

23. “The most valuable life is knowing how to be alone, but not have to.”

Ankur Warikoo

Solitude, Value, Independence, Contentment, Self-reliance

24. “I have far less than what people think, but far more than I need.”

Rakesh Jhunjhunwala

Wealth, Perspective, Contentment, Reality, Perception

25. “In the past there were people who were not rich but contented with their living style, laughing and happy all day. But when the new rich people appear, people look at them and ask, 'why don't I have a life like that too, a beautiful house, car and garden,' and they abandon their values.”

Thich Nhat Hanh

Contentment, Wealth, Happiness, Values, Comparison

26. “When you have a toothache, you think that not having a toothache will make you very happy. But when you don’t have a toothache, often you are still not happy. If you practice awareness, you suddenly become very rich, very very happy.”

Thich Nhat Hanh

Happiness, Awareness, Mindfulness, Gratitude, Contentment