#content

That very breath wherewith they utter their complaints is a blessing and a fundamental one too for if God would withdraw that they were incapable of whatsoever else either have or desire. ↗

— Richard Allestree

#god #gratitude #art

Life is beautiful today ↗

— Martin Suarez

#joy #joy-of-life #life #life-is-beautiful #beauty

One of the Enemy's most effective strategies is to get you to focus on what you don't have, what you used to have, or what someone else has that you wish you had. He does this to keep you from looking around and asking, "God, what can You do through what I have? ↗

— Steven Furtick

#dreams

With a philosophy education, one can infuriate his peers, intimidate his date, think of obscure, unreliable ways to make money, and never regret a thing. ↗

— Criss Jami

#composure #contentment #education #education-system #freedom

Deep, contended joy comes from a place of complete security and confidence [in God] - even in the midst of trial. ↗

— Charles R. Swindoll

#contentment #faith #joy #trials #trust

He who is contented is rich. ↗

— Lao Tzu

#rich #who

The great question is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with failure. ↗

— Laurence J. Peter

#failed #failure #great #question #whether

Her face felt like it was scattered in pieces and she could not keep it straight. The feeling was a whole lot worse than being hungry for any dinner, yet it was like that. I want--I want--I want--was all that she could think about--but just what this real want was she did no know. ↗

— Carson McCullers

#discontentment #humanity #improvement #life #longing

A good education is that which prepares us for our future sphere of action and makes us contented with that situation in life in which God, in his infinite mercy, has seen fit to place us, to be perfectly resigned to our lot in life, whatever it may be. ↗

— Ann Plato

#contented #education #fit #future #god

I mean, I went to a Catholic boys' school for a year, but that was to play hockey. Religion class was quite contentious for me. ↗

— Keanu Reeves

#class #contentious #hockey #i #me