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Quotes about contentment and being enough. This hand-picked collection brings together 20 of the finest contentment quotes ever written — from Walt Whitman, Socrates, English Proverb and other great voices. Tap Copy on any quote to save or share it.

Gratitude turns what we have into enough.

I have learned that to be with those I like is enough.

— Walt Whitman

He is richest who is content with the least, for content is the wealth of nature.

— Socrates

A Sunday well spent brings a week of content.

Autumn is the season to find contentment and home within yourself.

I exist as I am, that is enough.

— Walt Whitman

The grass is always greener on the other side.

— English Proverb

Not what we have but what we enjoy constitutes our abundance.

— Epicurus

Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; remember that what you have now was once among the things you only hoped for.

— Epicurus

He who is not satisfied with a little, is satisfied with nothing.

— Epicurus

Time spent with a cat is never wasted; it is an investment in contentment.

Blessed is he who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed.

— Alexander Pope

Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants.

— Epictetus

Nothing is enough for the man to whom enough is too little.

— Epicurus

Comparison is the thief of joy.

— Theodore Roosevelt

To be without some of the things you want is an indispensable part of happiness.

— Bertrand Russell

Wealth is like sea-water; the more we drink, the thirstier we become.

— Arthur Schopenhauer

If you look for perfection, you'll never be content.

— Leo Tolstoy

Learn how to be happy with what you have while you pursue all that you want.

— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

He who knows that enough is enough will always have enough.

— Lao Tzu

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