Charles Frazier Quotes

Contentment ... has an internal quietness of heart that gladly submits to God in all circumstances.

One of the marks of a life well lived has to be reaching a state of finally getting it, of not needing more, and of being able to sign off with something approaching peace of mind.

Whatever state you find yourself in, you're supposed to be content there.

It is permissible to take life's blessings with both hands provided thou dost know thyself prepared in the opposite event to take them just as gladly. This applies to food and friends and kindred, to anything God gives and takes away... As long as God is satisfied do thou rest content. If he is pleased to want something else of thee, still rest content.

The secret of contentment is never to allow yourself to want anything which reason tells you you haven't a chance of getting.

So, have we solved the secret of happiness? "I believe so," he said Are you going to tell me? "Yes.Ready?" Ready. "Be satisfied." That's it? "Be greatful." That's it? "For what you have.For the love you receive.And for what God has given you." That's it? He looked me in the eye.Then he sighed deeply. "That's it.

Ceremonies are no aid to blessedness.

Contentment produces, in some measure, all those effects which the alchemist usually ascribes to what he calls the philosopher's stone; and if it does not bring riches, it does the same thing by banishing the desire for them.

Faith on a full stomach may be simply contentment but if you have it when you're hungry, it's genuine.

The virtue of contentment is the acquiescence of the mind in the lot God has given

I am not saying this because I am in need, for I have learned to be content whatever the circumstances. I know what it is to be in need, and I know what it is to have plenty. I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation, whether well fed or hungry, whether living in plenty or in want. I can do everything through him who gives me strength.

I've excluded happiness as one of those possibilities we seek for ourselves. Oh, I still want it, but that's beside the point. Contentment - they say it's the ultimate, but I can't even wish for that. I don't even want the desire to be content. I can only hope for silence.

It's not having what you want, it's wanting what you've got.

I fed my ego, but not my soul.

I have a very positive attitude in life. My insecurity, fear and need to know about tomorrow has fortunately eased. What is going to happen will happen anyway. So why break my head over it?

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

The best way to explain it is that I'm not yearning anymore, on or off the course. I appreciate what I have. I feel like I'm blessed.

Today, I am blessed to be living a dream. And yet, if it all went away tomorrow, I know I would still have peace.

You can be happy where you are.

Happiness, true happiness, is an inner quality. It is a state of mind. If your mind is at peace, you are happy. If your mind is at peace, but you have nothing else, you can be happy. If you have everything the world can give - pleasure, possessions, power - but lack peace of mind, you can never be happy.

You find happiness where you find it.

Once one feels content about what one has, then humiliation does not arise. If one could never feel content, one would never even get what one wished to have.

I hate to sound blase about it, but literary status is not important to me. Being happy is important to me.

Look at my life. I ain't got nothing to be mad about.

Be happy. God gave you a breath to breathe every day. You don't need to be mad about nothin'.