Contentment

The happiest people seem to be those who have no particular cause for being happy except that they are so.

William Inge

The best thing one can do when it is raining is let it rain.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.

Mae West

Acknowledging the good that you already have in your life is the foundation for all abundance.

Eckhart Tolle

Gratitude turns what we have into enough.

Aesop

He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has.

Epictetus

To be without some of the things you want is an indispensable part of happiness.

Arthur Schopenhauer

It is difficult to find happiness within oneself, but it is impossible to find it anywhere else.

Arthur Schopenhauer

Envying another man's happiness is madness; you wouldn't know what to do with it if you had it.

Andre Gide

Welcome everything that comes to you, but do not long for anything else.

Andre Gide

I try to teach my heart not to want things it can't have.

Alice Walker

Happiness is not having what you want, it is appreciating what you have.

No author

Be happy with what you have. Be excited about what you want.

Alan Cohen

The secret of happiness is not found in seeking more, but in developing the capacity to enjoy less.

Socrates

I have friends in overalls whose friendship I would not swap for the favor of the kings of the world.

Thomas Edison

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.

Epicurus

Blessed is he who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed.

Alexander Pope

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.

Friedrich Koenig

Remember that very little is needed to make a happy life.

Marcus Aurelius

Be happy in the moment, that's enough. Each moment is all we need, not more.

Mother Teresa