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Category Archives: contentment
The quality of your life is in direct proportion to the amount of uncertainty that you can comfortably live with.
The quality of your life is in direct proportion to the amount of uncertainty that you can comfortably live with. – Tony Robbins and here What does that mean? I think that this is an interesting quote. It links the quality of your … Continue reading
Posted in contentment, humor, perspective, relaxation, risk, tolerance
Tagged @MastinKipp, life, quality, Tony Robbins, uncertainty
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Reject your sense of injury and the injury itself disappears
Reject your sense of injury and the injury itself disappears. – Marcus Aurelius What does that mean? This quote is classic Stoic (as one might expect). It urges us to reject your sense of injury. This, in turn, causes the injury … Continue reading
Posted in contentment, forgiveness, happiness, peace, relaxation, tolerance
Tagged @philo_quotes, injury, Marcus Aurelius, peace of mind, stoic
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Our fatigue is often caused…
Our fatigue is often caused not by work, but by worry, frustration and resentment. – Dale Carnegie What does that mean? To me it speaks of the true causes of fatigue or energy drags in my life. It probably is … Continue reading
Posted in contentment
Tagged @motivatquotes, contentment, Dale Carnegie, fatigue
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All you need is love. But a little chocolate now & then doesn’t hurt.
All you need is love. But a little chocolate now & then doesn’t hurt. – Charles Schulz What does that mean? So many of my posts have been kind of heavy of late, so let’s try something a little lighter … Continue reading
Posted in calm, chocolate, contentment, happiness, love, relaxation
Tagged Charles Schultz, chocolate, love, need, Unknown
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I hear & behold God in every object, yet understand God not in the least.
I hear & behold God in every object, yet understand God not in the least. – Walt Whitman This is another of the Twitter friendly, shortened quotes. The full quote goes like this: “I say to mankind, Be not curious … Continue reading
Posted in beauty, contentment, happiness, observation, relaxation, wonder
Tagged @Inspired_Ones, beauty, hear, understand, Walt Whitman
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The root of joy is gratefulness… For it is not joy that makes us grateful; it is gratitude that makes us joyful.
The root of joy is gratefulness… For it is not joy that makes us grateful; it is gratitude that makes us joyful. – Brother David Steindl-Rast What does that mean? To me, it means most people have it backwards. We … Continue reading
Posted in contentment, focus, gratitude, happiness, observation, value
Tagged Brother David Steindl-Rast, gratitude, joy, root, Unknown
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By desiring little, a poor man makes himself rich.
By desiring little, a poor man makes himself rich. – Democritus What does that mean? Once again, we start with a quote that has been translated from another language, and many liberties will be taken by this author as to … Continue reading
Posted in contentment, desire, happiness, moderation, money, simplicity
Tagged Democritus, desire, poor, rich, Unknown
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