“It’s not how much we have, but how much we enjoy, that makes happiness.” – Charles Spurgeon1
“A wise man cares not for what he cannot have.” – George Herbert
“Is the glass half empty or half full? Just be thankful you have a glass!” – Jack Wellman
“It is His joy that remains in us that makes our joy full.” – A. B. Simpson
“The cure for the sin of envy and jealousy is to find our contentment in God.” – Jerry Bridges
“If my life is surrendered to God, all is well. Let me not grab it back, as though it were in peril in His hand but would be safer in mine!” – Elisabeth Elliot
“If a man is called to be a street sweeper, he should sweep streets even as Michelangelo painted, or Beethoven composed music or Shakespeare wrote poetry. He should sweep streets so well that all the hosts of heaven and earth will pause to say, here lived a great street sweeper who did his job well.” – Martin Luther King Jr.
“Spread out your petition before God, and then say, ‘Thy will, not mine, be done.’ The sweetest lesson I have learned in God’s school is to let the Lord choose for me.” – Dwight L. Moody
“God, you have made us for yourself, and our hearts are restless till they find their rest in you.” – Augustine
“Actually, only God can satisfy a Christian’s heart; man cannot.” – Watchman Nee
“Contentment with the divine will is the best remedy we can apply to misfortunes.” – William Temple
“Oh, the fullness, pleasure, sheer excitement of knowing God on earth!” – Jim Elliot
“There’s a difference between knowing God and knowing about God. When you truly know God, you have energy to serve him, boldness to share him, and contentment in him.” – J. I. Packer
“No matter what looms ahead, if you can eat today, enjoy today, mix good cheer with friends today enjoy it and bless God for it.” – Henry Ward Beecher
“The antidote for covetousness is contentment. The two are in opposition. Whereas the covetous, greedy person worships himself, the contented person worships God. Contentment comes from trusting God.” – John MacArthur
“God is most glorified in us when we are most satisfied in Him.” – John Piper
“If the sun of God’s countenance shine upon me, I may well be content to be wet with the rain of affliction.” – Joseph Hall
“Here’s what you need to keep in mind. You no longer have yesterday. You do not yet have tomorrow. You have only today. This is the day the Lord has made. Live in it.” – Max Lucado
1 All these quotes are from the websites below: