Be happy with what you have and are, be generous with both, and you won't have to hunt for happiness. William E. Gladstone

Being contented ought to mean in English, as it does in French, being pleased. Being content with an attic ought not to mean being unable to move from it and resigned to living in it; it ought to mean appreciating all there is in such a position. Gilbert K. Chesterton

Content makes poor men rich; discontentment makes rich men poor. Benjamin Franklin

Contentment consist not in adding more fuel, but in taking away some fire. Thomas Fuller

Contentment is a pearl of great price, and whoever procures it at the expense of ten thousand desires makes a wise and a happy purchase. John Balguy

Contentment is natural wealth. Socrates

Contentment is not the fulfillment of what you want, but the realization of how much you already have. Author Unknown

For I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content. Philippians 4:14 The Holy Bible

Happy the man who can endure the highest and the lowest fortune. He, who has endured such vicissitudes with equanimity, has deprived misfortune of its power. Seneca

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. John Dryden

He is rich who is content with the least; for contentment is the wealth of nature. Socrates

He that is well paid is well satisfied. William Shakespeare