Top 100 Contentment Quotes (2024 Update)
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51. “I am healthy and happy.”

— Candice Swanepoel

52. “I’m happy, I’m in a good place, I’m looking forward to my future.”

— Katy Perry

53. “Stop looking outside for scraps of pleasure or fulfillment, for validation, security, or love – you have a treasure within that is infinitely greater than anything the world can offer.”

— Eckhart Tolle

54. “Dead yesterdays and unborn tomorrows, why fret about it, if today be sweet.”

— Omar Khayyam

55. “Don’t forget to smile in any situation. As long as you are alive, there will be better things later, and there will be many.”

— Eiichiro Oda

56. “I would like to be remembered as a man who had a wonderful time living life, a man who had good friends, fine family – and I don’t think I could ask for anything more than that, actually.”

— Frank Sinatra

57. “God has promised to supply all our needs. What we don’t have now, we don’t need now.”

— Elisabeth Elliot

58. “Real happiness lies within you.”

— Sathya Sai Baba

59. “Peace is the simplicity of heart, serenity of mind, tranquility of soul, the bond of love.”

— Pio of Pietrelcina

60. “Having lots of money while not having inner peace is like dying of thirst while bathing in the ocean.”

— Paramahansa Yogananda

61. “This is God’s universal purpose for all Christian suffering: more contentment in God and less satisfaction in the world.”

— John Piper

62. “God is my Father, He loves me, I shall never think of anything He will forget. Why should I worry?”

— Oswald Chambers

63. “There is nothing like staying at home for real comfort.”

— Jane Austen

64. “I am here and I’m alive. That’s enough.”

— Miguel Ruiz

65. “The secret of happiness is not in doing what one likes, but in liking what one does.”

— James M. Barrie

66. “The most complete and true happiness comes in moments when you feel right there, completely present, with no ideas about good and bad, right and wrong – just a sense of open heart and open mind.”

— Pema Chödrön

67. “Everything has its wonders, even darkness and silence, and I learn, whatever state I may be in, therein to be content.”

— Helen Keller

68. “Make yourself so happy that when others look at you, they become happy too.”

— Yogi Bhajan

69. “Accept yourself as you are right now; an imperfect, changing, growing and worthy person.”

— Denis Waitley

70. “Accept – then act. Whatever the present moment contains, accept it as if you had chosen it. Always work with it, not against it. Make it your friend and ally, not your enemy. This will miraculously transform your whole life.”

— Eckhart Tolle

71. “Each person deserves a day away in which no problems are confronted, no solutions searched for.”

— Maya Angelou

72. “Never permit a dichotomy to rule your life, a dichotomy in which you hate what you do so you can have pleasure in your spare time. Look for a situation in which your work will give you as much happiness as your spare time.”

— Pablo Picasso

73. “Forget yesterday – it has already forgotten you. Don’t sweat tomorrow – you haven’t even met. Instead, open your eyes and your heart to a truly precious gift – today.”

— Steve Maraboli

74. “It is always possible to be thankful for what is given rather than to complain about what is not given. One or the other becomes a habit of life.”

— Elisabeth Elliot

75. “There is only one happiness in this life, to love and be loved.”

— George Sand

76. “When you live in complete acceptance of what is, that is the end of all drama in your life.”

— Eckhart Tolle

77. “I have no money, no resources, no hopes. I am the happiest man alive.”

— Henry Miller

78. “Life is full of beauty. Notice it.”

— Ashley Smith

79. “You know, all that really matters is that the people you love are happy and healthy. Everything else is just sprinkles on the sundae.”

— Paul Walker

80. “I love my life and I am so blessed.”

— Gerry Spence

81. “Accept yourself, love yourself.”

— Chanel Iman

82. “Stop trying to ‘fix’ yourself; you’re NOT broken! You are perfectly imperfect and powerful beyond measure.”

— Steve Maraboli

83. “It is a great mitzvah to be happy always.”

— Nachman of Breslov

84. “Every day I feel is a blessing from God. And I consider it a new beginning. Yeah, everything is beautiful.”

— Prince

85. “Don’t demand or expect that events happen as you would wish them do. Accept events as they actually happen. That way, peace is possible.”

— Epictetus

86. “Yoga allows you to find an inner peace that is not ruffled and riled by the endless stresses and struggles of life.”

— B.K.S. Iyengar

87. “The reason you want every single thing that you want, is because you think you will feel really good when you get there. But, if you don’t feel really good on your way to there, you can’t get there. You have to be satisfied with what-is while you’re reaching for more.”

— Esther Hicks

88. “It’s a beautiful day, and I can’t stop myself from smiling!”

— Michael Bublé

89. “Appreciating what shows up in your life changes your personal vibration. Gratitude elevates your life to a higher frequency.”

— Oprah Winfrey

90. “Nowhere can man find a quieter or more untroubled retreat than in his own soul.”

— Marcus Aurelius

91. “Remember this, had any other condition been better for you than the one in which you are, divine love would have put you there.”

— Charles H. Spurgeon

92. “Happiness is man’s greatest aim in life. Tranquility and rationality are the cornerstones of happiness.”

— Epicurus

93. “Do not blindly believe what others say. See for yourself what brings contentment, clarity and peace. That is the path for you to follow.”

— Buddha

94. “I want to focus on God’s grace and give thanks for all the good things in my life. I don’t want to focus on what I don’t have.”

— Joyce Meyer

95. “I will be the gladdest thing under the sun! I will touch a hundred flowers and not pick one.”

— Edna St. Vincent Millay

96. “It’s all about quality of life and finding a happy balance between work and friends and family.”

— Philip Green

97. “You have given it all to me. To you, Lord, I return it. Everything is yours; do with it what you will. Give me only your love and grace. That is enough for me.”

— Ignatius of Loyola

98. “I am no longer anxious about anything, as I realize that He is able to carry out His will for me. It does not matter where He places me, or how. That is for Him to consider, not me, for in the easiest positions He will give me grace, and in the most difficult ones His grace is sufficient.”

— James Hudson Taylor

99. “Still the mind. Inhale peace. Let go of worries. Exhale stress. Notice the breath. Connect to all. Embrace calm.”

— Mary Davis

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

— Mae West