Positive Emotions: Contentment Quotes

Contentment is the quiet satisfaction that comes from appreciating enough, finding steadiness in the present, and trusting that simple moments can be complete. These quotes highlight gentle gratitude, balance, and mindful ease, offering a calm counterpoint to constant striving. Use them for reflection, journaling, or a brief reset during the day. Whether you seek reassurance or a nudge toward perspective, the selections encourage kindness to yourself, clarity in choices, and a sustainable sense of well-being.

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"Fortify yourself with contentment, for this is an impregnable fortress"

Epictetus, Philosopher

Epictetus

"Oh, don't let's ask for the moon. We've already got the stars"

Bette Davis, Actress

Bette Davis

"He who is contented is rich"

Lao Tzu, Author

"I think people want very much to simplify their lives enough so that they can control the things that make it possible to sleep at night"

Twyla Tharp, Dancer

Twyla Tharp

"If all misfortunes were laid in one common heap whence everyone must take an equal portion, most people would be contented to take their own and depart"

Socrates, Philosopher

Socrates

"Who is rich? He that is content. Who is that? Nobody"

Benjamin Franklin, Politician

Benjamin Franklin

"We may pass violets looking for roses. We may pass contentment looking for victory"

Bernard Williams, Philosopher

Bernard Williams

"My crown is called content, a crown that seldom kings enjoy"

William Shakespeare, Dramatist

William Shakespeare

"Learn not only to find what you like, learn to like what you find"

Anthony J. D'Angelo, Author

Anthony J. D'Angelo

"The greatest wealth is to live content with little"

Plato, Philosopher

Plato

"A man is rich in proportion to the number of things he can afford to let alone"

Henry David Thoreau, Author

Henry David Thoreau

"I have everything, yet have nothing; and although I possess nothing, still of nothing am I in want"

Jean Racine, Dramatist

"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"

Gilbert K. Chesterton, Writer

Gilbert K. Chesterton

"I long, as does every human being, to be at home wherever I find myself"

Maya Angelou, Poet

Maya Angelou

"He is richest who is content with the least, for content is the wealth of nature"

Socrates, Philosopher

Socrates

"I don't have people following me around, like bodyguards. I don't know how people live like that. Maybe the young movie stars have to live like that, I don't know. But it seems a little crazy to me. I don't think you need all that stuff"

Anthony Hopkins, Actor

Anthony Hopkins

"Who is rich? He that rejoices in his portion"

Benjamin Franklin, Politician

Benjamin Franklin

"Be content with what you are, and wish not change; nor dread your last day, nor long for it"

Marcus Aurelius, Soldier

Marcus Aurelius

"Be content to be what you are, and prefer nothing to it, and do not fear or wish for your last day"

Marcus Valerius Martial, Poet

Marcus Valerius Martial

"From labour health, from health contentment spring; contentment opes the source of every joy"

James Beattie, Poet

"He who knows that enough is enough will always have enough"

Lao Tzu, Author

"Be Content with what you have; rejoice in the way things are. When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you"

Lao Tzu, Author

"We never reflect how pleasant it is to ask for nothing"

Seneca the Younger, Statesman

Seneca the Younger

"Every man is rich or poor according to the proportion between his desires and his enjoyments"

Samuel Johnson, Author

Samuel Johnson

"I'm pleased with my life, with the journey"

Tina Turner, Musician

Tina Turner

"On my return to Cornwall I discovered that I was living in a tropical paradise. For now I am content to explore my own home and our nearest neighbour France"

John Dyer, Artist

John Dyer

"It is a wise man that does know the contented man is never poor, whilst the discontented man is never rich"

Frank Herbert, Writer

Frank Herbert

"There are some days when I think I'm going to die from an overdose of satisfaction"

Salvador Dali, Artist

Salvador Dali

"A contented mind is the best source for trouble"

Plautus, Playwright

Plautus

"He has the most who is most content with the least"

Diogenes of Sinope, Philosopher

Diogenes of Sinope

"When I'm home, I'm relaxed"

Marion Jones, Athlete

Marion Jones

"I'm never bored"

Jack Prelutsky, Poet

Jack Prelutsky

"A hot dog at the game beats roast beef at the Ritz"

Humphrey Bogart, Actor

Humphrey Bogart

"As much as I would love to be a person that goes to parties and has a couple of drinks and has a nice time, that doesn't work for me. I'd just rather sit at home and read, or go out to dinner with someone, or talk to someone I love, or talk to somebody that makes me laugh"

Daniel Radcliffe, Actor

Daniel Radcliffe

"We are no longer happy so soon as we wish to be happier"

Walter Savage Landor, Poet

Walter Savage Landor

"He who avoids complaint invites happiness"

Abu Bakr, Leader

"Man wants but little here below, nor wants that little long"

Oliver Goldsmith, Poet

"To have what we want is riches; but to be able to do without is power"

George MacDonald, Novelist

"One should either be sad or joyful. Contentment is a warm sty for eaters and sleepers"

Eugene O'Neill, Dramatist

Eugene O'Neill

"Seek not for fresher founts afar, just drop you bucket where you are"

Sam Walter Foss, Poet

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