Top 1200 Happy And Contented Quotes & Sayings - Page 2

What man have you ever seen who was contented with one crime only?

I'm not contented to capture the world. I want to change it.

…I realized my happiness was artificial. I felt happy because I saw the others were happy and because I knew I should feel happy, but I wasn't really happy.

Riches are not from abundance of worldly goods, but from a contented mind.

A reflective, contented mind is the best possession.

It is right to be contented with what we have, never with what we are.

A contented mind is a hidden treasure, and trouble findeth it not.

A happy life is just a string of happy moments. But most people don't allow the happy moment, because they're so busy trying to get a happy life.

If all were gentle and contented as sheep, all would be as feeble and helpless.

I feel completely contented at Bayern - one of the biggest clubs in the world.

We have produced a world of contented bodies and discontented minds.

A contented spirit is the sweetness of existence.

The thought that, insignificant as she was, she yet might do some good, made her very careful of her acts and words, and so anxious to keep head contented and face happy, that she forgot her clothes, and made others do the same. She did not know it, but that good old fashion of simplicity made the plain gowns pretty, and the grace of unconsciousness beautified their little wearer with the charm that makes girlhood sweetest to those who truly love and reverence it.

I was happy but happy is an adult word. You don't have to ask a child about happy, you see it. They are or they are not. Adults talk about being happy because largely they are not. Talking about it is the same as trying to catch the wind. Much easier to let it blow all over you.

Joy and openness come from our own contented heart.

Man is never perfect nor contented.

Valentines Day is the day we celebrate real love. A love so strong that two hearts become one. And when she's happy, you're happy. And when she's angry, you can still choose to be happy, 'cos, what's her deal ? You know, I'm happy. Why is she bringing me down, you know ? Oh great, now look, I'm getting all mad. I hope she's happy. Happy Valentine's Day.

Angels contented with their face in heaven, Seek not the praise of men.

How despicable is that humanity, which can be contented to pity, where it might assuage!

I like to try to keep my music happy because it can make other people happy. And that's the way I feel when I listen to Avicii's songs. I get happy because his melodies are so happy.

The great quality of Dulness is to be unalterably contented with itself.

Instead (Harry) contented himself with scrawling a note to Ron: Let's do it tonight.

When men are employed they are best contented.

Oh God, are there so many of them in our land! Students who can’t be happy until they’ve graduated, servicemen who can’t be happy until they are discharged, single folks who can’t be happy until they’ve found a mate, workers who can’t be happy until they’ve retired, adolescents who aren’t happy until they’re grown, ill people who aren’t happy until they’re well, failures who aren’t happy until they succeed, restless who can’t wait until they get out of town, and in most cases, vice versa, people waiting, waiting for the world to begin.

That best of blessings, a contented mind.

To be contented—that’s for the cows.

It becomes us, therefore, to be contented, and dutiful subjects.

My motto is: Contented with little, yet wishing for more.

In most marriages, there is a contented partner and a restless one.

Success is not just money in the bank but a contented heart and peace of mind.

We must be contented to amuse, when we cannot inform.

A contented mind is the best source for trouble.

My philosophy is if you're happy being a born - again Christian, if you're happy be­ing a Roman Catholic, if you're happy being a Jew or Moslem ... great!! I'm happy being Ozzy.

Well, it seems to me that there are books that tell stories, and then there are books that tell truths... The first kind, they show you life like you want it to be. With villains getting what they deserve and the hero seeing what a fool he's been and marrying the heroine and happy endings and all that... But the second kind, they show you life more like it is... The first kind makes you cheerful and contented, but the second kind shakes you up.

A champion's strength comes from never being contented.

Moderation in people who are contented comes from that calm that good fortune lends to their spirit.

I won't change my legs. because I'm contented with my long-legged.

Contented children are valuable, as is the peace that surrounds them.

Happiness is possible only when we are kind to others and contented within.

If men could be contented to be what they are, there were no fear in marriage.

And yet I am happy. Yes, happy. I swear. I swear that I am happy...What does it matter that I am a bit cheap, a bit foul, and that no one appreciates all the remarkable things about me-my fantasy, my erudition, my literary gift...I am happy that I can gaze at myself, for any man is absorbing-yes, really absorbing! ... I am happy-yes, happy!

Nuns fret not at their convent's narrow room; And hermits are contented with their cells.

since God has appointed one remedy for all the evils in the world and that is a contented spirit.

Be contented, when you have got all you want.

It is indeed surprising that a man inspite of his belief in the Fire of Jahannum is still able to laugh, and inspite of his belief in Maut he is able to be happy. Inspite of believing in the Reckoning, he commits evil deeds. Inspite of believing in Taqdeer, he grieves. Inspite of observing the world with its changes, he feels contented with it. Inspite of believing in Jannat, he refrains from righteous deeds.

I've married a man who owns nine cows," said Jinjur to Ozma, "and now I am happy and contented and willing to lead a quiet life and mind my own business." "Where is your husband?" asked Ozma. "He is in the house, nursing a black eye," replied Jinjur, calmly. "The foolish man would insist upon milking the red cow when I wanted him to milk the white one; but he will know better next time, I am sure.

Nothing looks as self-satisfied as a contented cat.

Best advice that I ever got is to do whatever it takes to make myself happy, so that I'll be able to make others happy. If I'm not happy, I can't make other people happy.

Self-discipline is crucial to a simpler, more contented life.

If you are interested in happy endings, you would be better off reading some other book. In this book, not only is there no happy ending, there is no happy beginning and very few happy things in the middle. This is because not very many happy things happened in the lives of the three Baudelaire youngsters.

It is good to be a cynic - it is better to be a contented cat - and it is best not to exist at all.

For in a dearth of comforts, we art taught To be contented with the least.

If you are foolish enough to be contented, don't show it, but grumble with the rest.

If I have a good dream and I wake up happy. When I have an idea, I feel happy. Sometimes achievement and relationships can make me happy. I have a son and to see him grow - he's 22 now - that makes me happy.

It is great wealth to a soul to live frugally with a contented mind.

He who is contented is rich.

The Western world, in spite of its advantages of mechanization and industrial efficiency is today in a worse mess than ever before in history. The adoption Western economic theory and practice will not help us in achieving our goal of creating a happy and contented people. We must work our destiny in our own way and present to the world an economic system based on true Islamic concept of equality of manhood and social justice.

We put each other's happiness before our own, so I would prefer that Spencer was super happy... So, like I always want him to be happy and he always wants me to be happy, which in turn, makes a very happy house.

Pray for a peaceful and contented mind in all circumstances.

A contented mind is the greatest blessing a man can enjoy in this world.