Contentment is natural wealth, luxury is artificial poverty.

Contentment is natural wealth, luxury is artificial poverty.

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

Happiness is a choice that requires effort at times.

Happiness is a choice that requires effort at times.