Happiness is a choice that requires effort at times.

Happiness is a choice that requires effort at times.

We tend to forget that happiness doesn't come as a result of getting something we don't have, but rather of read more

We tend to forget that happiness doesn't come as a result of getting something we don't have, but rather of recognizing and appreciating what we do have.

If you are content, you have enough to live comfortably.

If you are content, you have enough to live comfortably.

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

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

Try to be like the turtle -- at ease in your own shell.

Try to be like the turtle -- at ease in your own shell.

There are two kinds of discontent in this world. The discontent that works, and the discontent that wrings its hands. read more

There are two kinds of discontent in this world. The discontent that works, and the discontent that wrings its hands. The first gets what it wants. The second loses what it has. There's no cure for the first, but success and there's no cure at all for the second.

Be content with your lot; one cannot be first in everything.

Be content with your lot; one cannot be first in everything.

Happy the man, and happy he alone, he who can call today his own; he who, secure within, can say, read more

Happy the man, and happy he alone, he who can call today his own; he who, secure within, can say, tomorrow do thy worst, for I have lived today.

He that is well paid is well satisfied.

He that is well paid is well satisfied.