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It is not our circumstances that create our discontent or contentment. It is us.
It is not our circumstances that create our discontent or contentment. It is us.
Nobody really cares if you're miserable, so you might as well be happy.
Nobody really cares if you're miserable, so you might as well be happy.
My motto is: Contented with little, yet wishing for more.
My motto is: Contented with little, yet wishing for more.
Content makes poor men rich; discontentment makes rich men poor.
Content makes poor men rich; discontentment makes rich men poor.
If you can look back on your life with contentment, you have one of man's most precious gifts -- a read more
If you can look back on your life with contentment, you have one of man's most precious gifts -- a selective memory.
Be content with your lot; one cannot be first in everything.
Be content with your lot; one cannot be first in everything.
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.
Everyone chases after happiness, not noticing that happiness is right at their heels.
Everyone chases after happiness, not noticing that happiness is right at their heels.
Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; remember that what you now have was once read more
Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for.
