| Quotes on Contentment |
| Now godliness with contentment is great gain. For we brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothng out. ~1 Timothy 6:6-7 God is most glorified in us, when we are most satisfied in Him. ~John Piper Discontent is a sin that is its own punishment and makes men torment themselves; it makes the spirit sad, the body sick, and all the enjoyments sour; it is the heaviness of the heart and the rottenness of the bones. It is a sin that is its own parent. It arises not from the condition, but from the mind. As we find Paul contended in a prison, so Ahab discontent in a palace. ~Matthew Henry Let your conduct be without covetousness; be content with such things as you have. For He Himself has said, "I will never leave you nor forsake you."~ Hebrews 13:5 This is God's universal purpose for all Christian suffering: more contentment in God and less satisfaction in the world. ~John Piper True contentment is a real, even an active virtue - not only affirmative but creative. It is the power of getting out of any situation all there is in it. ~Gilbert Keith G.K. Chersterton "Has it ever occured to you that the things you now have were once things you were trying to get?" ~Kent Crockett If the Lord sets you to guard a lonely post in perfect stillness from all active work, you ought to be just as content as to be in the midst of the active warfare. It is no virtue to love the Master's work better than the Master's will. ~Hannah Whitall Smith A man travels the world over in search of what he needs and returns home to find it. ~George Moore Contentment is natural wealth, luxury is artificial poverty. ~Socrates 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 "The grass is always greenest in the center of God's will." ~Kent Crockett |
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