Contentment & Satisfaction Quotes

You traverse the world in search of happiness, which is within the reach of every man. A contented mind confers it on all.

The secret of happiness is to find a congenial monotony.

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.

Happiness is different from pleasure. Happiness has something to do with struggling and enduring and accomplishing.

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.

True happiness comes from the joy of deeds well done, the zest of creating things new.

That is happiness; to be dissolved into something complete and great.

Satisfaction consists in freedom from pain, which is the positive element of life.

The happiness and peace attained by those satisfied by the nectar of spiritual tranquillity is not attained by greedy persons restlessly moving here and there.

This happiness consisted of nothing else but the harmony of the few things around me with my own existence, a feeling of contentment and well-being that needed no changes and no intensification.

Success is peace of mind which is a direct result of self-satisfaction in knowing you did your best to become the best you are capable of becoming.

Happiness is the reward we get for living to the highest right we know.

When you're happy you find pure joy in your life. There are no regrets in this state of happiness - and that's a goal worth striving for in all areas of your life.

The happiness of a man in this life does not consist in the absence but in the mastery of his passions.

Life finds its purpose and fulfillment in the expansion of happiness.

Happiness is the cessation of suffering.

Satisfaction of one's curiosity is one of the greatest sources of happiness in life.

Every goal, every action, every thought, every feeling one experiences, whether it be consciously or unconsciously known, is an attempt to increase one's level of peace of mind.

Happiness consists not in having much, but in being content with little.

There is no end of craving. Hence contentment alone is the best way to happiness. Therefore, acquire contentment.

Many persons have a wrong idea of what constitutes true happiness. It is not attained through self-gratification but through fidelity to a worthy purpose.

True humility is contentment.

Success is peace of mind which is a direct result of self-satisfaction in knowing you did your best to become the best you are capable of becoming.

Success is getting what you want. Happiness is liking what you get.

The search for happiness is one of the chief sources of unhappiness.

Happiness is a matter of one's most ordinary and everyday mode of consciousness being busy and lively and unconcerned with self.

Experienced happiness refers to your feelings, to how happy you are as you live your life. In contrast, the satisfaction of the remembering self refers to your feelings when you think about your life.

A desire arises in the mind. It is satisfied immediately another comes. In the interval which separates two desires a perfect calm reigns in the mind. It is at this moment freed from all thought, love or hate. Complete peace equally reigns between two mental waves.

Happiness is the longing for repetition.

Happiness is mental harmony; unhappiness is mental inharmony.

Happiness is the harvest of a quiet eye.

Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.

Happiness lies neither in vice nor in virtue; but in the manner we appreciate the one and the other, and the choice we make pursuant to our individual organization.

What we call happiness in the strictest sense comes from the (preferably sudden) satisfaction of needs which have been dammed up to a high degree.

Happiness is one thing, and I've had it my whole life - that's family.

True contentment is a thing as active as agriculture. It is the power of getting out of any situation all that there is in it. It is arduous and it is rare.

A comfortable house is a great source of happiness. It ranks immediately after health and a good conscience.

True happiness arises, in the first place, from the enjoyment of one's self, and in the next, from the friendship and conversation of a few select companions.

Being happy is of the utmost importance. Success in anything is through happiness.

Happiness: a good bank account, a good cook, and a good digestion.

Happiness, to some, elation; Is, to others, mere stagnation.

Sad will be the day for any man when he becomes contented with the thoughts he is thinking and the deeds he is doing - where there is not forever beating at the doors of his soul some great desire to do something larger; which he knows he was meant and made to do.

True happiness... is not attained through self-gratification, but through fidelity to a worthy purpose.

Happiness is an attitude of mind, born of the simple determination to be happy under all outward circumstances.

Perfect happiness is a beautiful sunset, the giggle of a grandchild, the first snowfall. It's the little things that make happy moments, not the grand events. Joy comes in sips, not gulps.

Success is peace of mind, which is a direct result of self-satisfaction in knowing you made the effort to become the best of which you are capable.

In my opinion happiness is nothing but satisfaction - satisfaction through work, thoughts and accomplishing our mission and vision.

Contentment does not come from achievement. It comes from a relationship with the Lord.

Success is getting and achieving what you want. Happiness is wanting and being content with what you get.

Pleasure does not equal happiness; it's part of happiness.