Biblical Contentment Quotes & Sayings

The ideal is the enemy of the real. — Susan Block

I said, "Is my father dying?"
He looked at me steadily. "We're all dying, Jane. — Melissa Bank

The Lord opened the understanding of my unbelieving heart, so that I should recall my sins. — Saint Patrick

I have found this myself, in my study of Hindu and Buddhist writing, especially of Gandhi. But I have also found it in the writings of the very first Friends, — Rex Ambler

First Corinthians so clearly says that whether we eat or drink, do it all to the glory of God. It's not just self. Jesus said ... in Matthew 16, 'Deny yourself, take up your cross and follow Me.' The Osteens have just inverted that. They think it's not the denial of self, but the exaltation of self. They're not trying to pursue a cross; they're trying to pursue prosperity. And they're certainly not following the biblical Jesus. They're following whatever brings happiness and contentment. — Steve Camp

I never understood that when I heard people retire - they said they missed being around the guys. I don't have a need to make a play in the ninth inning of a game anymore. But being on the inside and being part of a team is something that you really do value and you really do miss. — Cal Ripken Jr.

When Summer lies upon the world, and in a noon of gold, Beneath the roof of sleeping leaves the dreams of trees unfold;
When woodland halls are green and cool, and wind is in the West, Come back to me! Come back to me, and say my land is best! — J.R.R. Tolkien

Venice, that capital city of dream and intrigue, that double city (one above and seemingly solid, one below, wavering and reflected in the waters), which never disappoints ... — Erica Jong

What was it like in there? Inside a daisy?" My answer: "Like a cathedral made of mathematics and honey. — Tom Robbins

A world peace would always be impossible, but peace with yourself and others that you have differences with are the inner awareness of simple abundance. — Henry Johnson Jr

All art is based on non-conformity. — Ben Shahn

I really wish people - maybe it's naive - wish people had priorities and were willing to be artistic patrons. — Harold Prince

To believe, one must have lost God. To paint, one must have lost art. — Gerhard Richter

I am discovering that in trying to find God's will and the shape of the Christian life I have begun an adventure so great that its total completion will always be ahead. — Keith Miller