There are only three experiences in life in which time is more important than content. They are school, prison, and military service.
Content Quotes
A nation without dregs and malcontents, is orderly, decent, peaceful and pleasant, but perhaps without the seed of things to come.
If you are content, you have enough to live comfortably.
Our idea of a contented man is the one, if any, that enjoys the scenery along the detour.
The recipe for perpetual ignorance is a very simple and effective one: be satisfied with your opinions and content with your knowledge.
Familiarity breeds content.
Don’t waste your time thinking about who you ought to be, just be content with who you’re becoming.
By the word ‘happiness’ every human being understands something different. It is a phantom pursued only by weaker minds. The wise man is satisfied by the more modest but much more definite term ‘contentment’. What education should aim at is to save us from a discontented life. (quoting a friend)
I could not at any age be content to take my place in a corner by the fireside and simply look on.
A contented person is one who enjoys the scenery along the detour.
