Contentment Quotes

"Reading was my escape and my comfort, my consolation, my stimulant of choice: reading for the pure pleasure of it, for the beautiful stillness that surrounds you when you hear an author's words reverberating in your head."

- Paul Auster

"I declare after all there is no enjoyment like reading! How much sooner one tires of any thing than of a book! -- When I have a house of my own, I shall be miserable if I have not an excellent library."

- Jane Austen

"A book is like a garden, carried in the pocket."

- Proverb, unknown origin

"Outside of a dog, a book is a man's best friend. Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read."

- Groucho Marx

"There are perhaps no days of our childhood we lived so fully as those we spent with a favorite book."

- Marcel Proust

"A house without books is like a room without windows."

- Heinrich Mann

"The meaning of life is just to be alive. It is so plain and so obvious and so simple. And yet, everybody rushes around in a great panic as if it were necessary to achieve something beyond themselves."

- Alan Watts

"There's nothing we could ever do that's a waste of time."

- Ash Ketchum

"Live, love, laugh, leave a legacy."

- Stephen Covey

"Don’t lament so much about how your career is going to turn out. You don’t have a career. You have a life."

- Cheryl Strayed

"Don’t cry because it’s over. Smile because it happened."

- Dr. Seuss

"Don’t waste your time chasing butterflies. Mend your garden, and the butterflies will come."

- Mario Quintana

"Don’t worry about who doesn’t like you, who has more, or who’s doing what."

- Erma Bombeck

"Sleepin' in the truck wasn't so bad. Shoot, I kind of liked that, myself."

- Chris LeDoux

"All I've ever wanted is a nice truck, and that's what I got."

- Cole Swindell

"Carrying a baby is the most rewarding experience a woman can enjoy."

- Jayne Mansfield

"I have everything I need, so there are no blanks left unfilled."

- Simone Biles

"If you are in a beautiful place where you can enjoy the sunrise and sunset, then you are living like a lord."

- Nathan Phillips

"There is nothing like staying at home for real comfort, especially when you are in the company of a sister."

- Jane Austen

"Life is ours to be spent, not to be saved."

- D. H. Lawrence

"But godliness with contentment is great gain."

- 1 Timothy 6:6

"A heart at peace gives life to the body, but envy rots the bones."

- Proverbs 14:30

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

- Epictetus

"Life does not have to be perfect to be wonderful."

- Annette Funicello

"The most precious jewels you’ll ever have around your neck are the arms of your children."

"A sister is one of the nicest things you can have, and one of the best things you can be."

- Unknown

"She believed a cup of coffee marked the beginning of each day."

"It is a myth that you need to rise and shine to have a good start to a day. You can roll around in bed thinking about friends like me and you will still have a great start to the day."

"My wish for you is that you relish every moment of your 21st year."

"You only get to be 21 once. Make the most of every moment, starting today by having a fabulous birthday."