Quotes about Contentment, page 124

If you desire to drain to the dregs the fullest cup of scorn and hatred that a fellow human being can pour out for you, let a young mother hear you call dear baby "it. "

Quote by Thomas Stearns Eliot about contentment

It's not wise to violate rules until you know how to observe them.

Quote by Thomas Stearns Eliot about contentment

Knowledge is invariably a matter of degree: you cannot put your finger upon even the simplest datum and say this we know.

Quote by Thomas Stearns Eliot about contentment

Playwriting gets into your blood and you can't stop it. At least not until the producers or the public tell you to.

Quote by Thomas Stearns Eliot about contentment

You are the music while the music lasts.

Quote by Thomas Stearns Eliot about contentment

A mule will labor ten years willingly and patiently for you, for the privilege of kicking you once.

Quote by William Faulkner about contentment

Always dream and shoot higher than you know you can do. Don't bother just to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors. Try to be better than yourself.

Quote by William Faulkner about contentment

I have found that the greatest help in meeting any problem is to know where you yourself stand. That is, to have in words what you believe and are acting from.

Quote by William Faulkner about contentment

I'm bad and I'm going to hell, and I don't care. I'd rather be in hell than anywhere where you are.

Quote by William Faulkner about contentment

There is something about jumping a horse over a fence, something that makes you feel good. Perhaps it's the risk, the gamble. In any event it's a thing I need.

Quote by William Faulkner about contentment

Unless you're ashamed of yourself now and then, you're not honest.

Quote by William Faulkner about contentment

As you become more clear about who you really are, you'll be better able to decide what is best for you - the first time around.

Quote by Oprah Winfrey about contentment

Be thankful for what you have; you'll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don't have, you will never, ever have enough.

Quote by Oprah Winfrey about contentment

Breathe. Let go. And remind yourself that this very moment is the only one you know you have for sure.

Quote by Oprah Winfrey about contentment

Do the one thing you think you cannot do. Fail at it. Try again. Do better the second time. The only people who never tumble are those who never mount the high wire. This is your moment. Own it.

Quote by Oprah Winfrey about contentment

Doing the best at this moment puts you in the best place for the next moment.

Quote by Oprah Winfrey about contentment

For everyone of us that succeeds, it's because there's somebody there to show you the way out.

Quote by Oprah Winfrey about contentment

I do not believe in failure. It is not failure if you enjoyed the process.

Quote by Oprah Winfrey about contentment

If you come to fame not understanding who you are, it will define who you are.

Quote by Oprah Winfrey about contentment

If you want to accomplish the goals of your life, you have to begin with the spirit.

Quote by Oprah Winfrey about contentment