Flannery O'Connor Quotes

Be grateful for the home you have, knowing that at this moment, all you have is all you need.

We never understand how little we need in this world until we know the loss of it.

Life is where you're at. Whatever you're doing is enough. You don't need to do everything well all the time. When you live your life like that, it's a huge relief.

For what I have received may the Lord make me truly thankful. And more truly for what I have not received.

I have no money, no resources, no hopes. I am the happiest man alive.

You might not have the things you want, but if you check carefully, you got all you need.

Sometimes you'll have some things, and sometimes you'll have other things. And you do not need it all at once; it's not good for you.

Happiness, it's a small thing - just a very little thing.

O ye gods, grant unto me to have little and to want nothing.

I'm thankful to be breathing, on this side of the grass. Whatever comes, comes.

I am just a person who is human, down to earth enjoying life... whatever god blesses you with. Enjoying life for me is just normal.

Adequacy is sufficient.

Give us enough but with a sparing hand.

Enjoy doing nothing, and you can enjoy doing anything. Enjoy having nothing, and you can enjoy whatever you have.

Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend.

He has the most who is most content with the least.

Sometimes the most happy people in life are the ones with nothing. We can't lose sight of the little things in life that should make us the happiest.

I never want to be anything more than I am; what I don't have, I don't need.

I have more than I will ever need for one life.

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

I have all the money I want. I don't need any more money.

I'm grateful to have the things that I have, and I've learnt not to take anything for granted.

I just see what's in front of me. That's what I'm happy with.

Other people have more than they need, I alone seem wanting.

Cautiously, I allowed myself to feel good at times. I found moments of peace in cheap rooms just staring at the knobs of some dresser or listening to the rain in the dark. The less I needed the better I felt.