Self-Contentment Quotes

Realize that true happiness lies within you. Waste no time and effort searching for peace and contentment and joy in the world outside. Remember that there is no happiness in having or in getting, but only in giving. Reach out. Share. Smile. Hug. Happiness is a perfume you cannot pour on others without getting a few drops on yourself.

He has great tranquillity of heart who cares neither for the praises nor the fault-finding of men. He will easily be content and pacified, whose conscience is pure. You are not holier if you are praised, nor the more worthless if you are found fault with. What you are, that you are; neither by word can you be made greater than what you are in the sight of God.

If you cannot find peace in yourself, it is useless to look for it elsewhere.

When a man has made peace within himself, he will be able to make peace in the whole world.

I've never been lonely. I like myself. I'm the best form of entertainment I have. Let's drink more wine!

If we are incapable of finding peace in ourselves, it is pointless to search elsewhere.

He's satisfied with himself. If you have a soul you can't be satisfied.

If a man doesn't find ease in himself, 'tis in vain to seek it elsewhere.

I exist as I am, that is enough, If no other in the world be aware I sit content, And if each and all be aware I sit content. One world is aware, and by the far the largest to me, and that is myself, And whether I come to my own today or in ten thousand or ten million years, I can cheerfully take it now, or with equal cheerfulness, I can wait.

I think one thing I've learned over the years is just that you're not going to ever please everyone, and the most important person to please is yourself.

You shouldn't be greedy. You should feel good about yourself and not be greedy of what other people have.

I lay in bed at night by myself and I’m totally okay, and that’s so much stronger than the person three years ago, who would have thought they would have died if they didn’t have a boyfriend.

We are inconsolable at being deceived by our enemies and being betrayed by our friends, yet we are often content in be being treated like that by our own selves.

I don't look at myself as being famous. I look at myself as an athlete. If the money is there, I'd be happy, but I have to be happy within myself first.

Personally, I'd rather grow old alone than in the company of anyone I've met so far. I don't experience myself as lonely, incomplete, or unfulfilled, but I don't talk about that much. It seems to piss people off--especially men. (Kinsey Millhone)

I no longer have the fear of being alone. It's cool to find out that you don't need a boyfriend to be happy.

Success is liking yourself, liking what you do, and liking how you do it.

You have peace," the old woman said, "when you make it with yourself.

He who is alone is happy. Do good to all, like everyone, but do not love anyone. It is a bondage, and bondage brings only misery. Live alone in your mind - that is happiness. To have nobody to care for and never minding who cares for one is the way to be free.

If you yourself are at peace, then there is at least some peace in the world.

I don't need a person to make me happy.

At the end of the day I have to please myself. And I've made a record to please myself.

My scope on what's good is if I like it. The first person I have to please is myself.

People think I'm nuts because I can sit in a room and be happy by myself.

I'm in good form, taking no interest in things, neglecting clothes, meals, company, and feeling calm and stable as I write.