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.

Contentment is natural wealth, luxury is artificial poverty.

Contentment is natural wealth, luxury is artificial poverty.

Patience is the key to contentment.

Patience is the key to contentment.

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

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

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

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

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.

What makes us discontented with our condition is the absurdly exaggerated idea we have of the happiness of others.

What makes us discontented with our condition is the absurdly exaggerated idea we have of the happiness of others.

A man who is contented with what he has done will never become famous for what he will do.

A man who is contented with what he has done will never become famous for what he will do.

One who is contented with what he has done will never become famous for what he will do. He has read more

One who is contented with what he has done will never become famous for what he will do. He has lain down to die, and the grass is already over him.