Contentment comes from appreciating what you have, not desiring more. It is a treasure more valuable than any material possession. True happiness lies not in acquiring more, but in being satisfied with your current situation.

1. 16 Favorite Contentment Quotes

2. 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. Frederick Keonig

3. Contentment is natural wealth, luxury is artificial poverty. Socrates

4. Health is the greatest possession. Contentment is the greatest treasure. Confidence is the greatest friend. Non-being is the greatest joy. Lao Tzu

5. There is no end of craving. Hence contentment alone is the best way to happiness. Therefore, acquire contentment.” Swami Sivananda

6. 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

7. Man falls from the pursuit of the ideal of plan living and high thinking the moment he wants to multiply his daily wants. Man's happiness really lies in contentment. Mohandas Gandhi

8. Riches are not from an abundance of worldly goods, but from a contented mind. Muhammad

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

10. The secret of contentment is knowing how to enjoy what you have, and to be able to lose all desire for things beyond your reach. Lin Yutang

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

12. If you are content, you have enough to live comfortably. Plautus

13. My crown is in my heart, not on my head, Nor decked with diamonds and Indian stones, Nor to be seen: My crown is called content: A crown it is, that seldom kings enjoy. William Shakespeare

14. When we cannot find contentment in ourselves, it is useless to seek it elsewhere. La Rochefoucauld, Francois De

15. The greatest wealth is to live content with little, for there is never want where the mind is satisfied. Lucretius

16. It is not the man who has too little, but the man who craves more, that is poor. Seneca

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

18. The End May you find contentment in the mind