Happiness consists not in having much, but in being content with little.
Being 'contented' ought to mean in English, as it does in French, being pleased. Being content with an attic ought not to mean being unable to move from it and resigned to living in it; it ought to mean appreciating all there is in such a position.
Nobody got anywhere in the world by simply being content.
Contentment should not be confused with smugness… Contentment is being happy despite of the successes and failures.
Being content with what you have already is an art form that leads to a peace that can’t be replaced by anything else.
Success shouldn't be revenge or a way to overwhelm the naysayers. If that is your reason, you are far from being content.
The trade unions, far from being content with these declarations, established international liaisons and supported every policy based on pacification and understanding.
Quality, relevant content can't be spotted by an algorithm. You can't subscribe to it. You need people - actual human beings - to create or curate it.
The foundation of joyful independence is being content with yourself; self-love.
We always want what is not ours. It’s intriguing. We think if we can just get that, we’ll finally be happy. The lure of what we do not have is deceptive. True freedom, however, is found in being content with what we already have. Can you imagine ...
Happiness is the contentment in the heart, peace of mind, a sense of stability, a right attitude and being content with what is sufficient.
Health is the greatest possession. Contentment is the greatest treasure. Confidence is the greatest friend. Non-being is the greatest joy.
Search for contentment in each person you meet.
Abundance doesn't know contentment, but contentment is abundance.
Websites are kind of useless. There's so much great web content and design out there, but the ways in which they are being experienced are not being maximized.
Nothing will content him who is not content with a little.
I believe that the brain has evolved over millions of years to be responsive to different kinds of content in the world. Language content, musical content, spatial content, numerical content, etc.
No human being is constituted to know the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth; and even the best of men must be content with fragments, with partial glimpses, never the full fruition.
Let me be content with being happy, without sighing that I am not distinguished.
Greatness, whether athletic or otherwise, doesn’t come from those content on just being but from those who seek being the difference.
But I fear, my lot being cast in Scotland, that beauty would not be content.
