When God has given you your heart's desire, what have you done with your heart's desire?

Temptations will no more prevail over a contented man, than a dart that is thrown against a brazen wall.

Be sure of your call to every business you go about. Though it is the least business, be sure of your call to it; then, whatever you meet with, you may quiet your heart with this: I know I am where God would have me. Nothing in the world will quiet the heart so much as this: when I meet with any cross, I know I am where God would have me, in my place and calling; I am about the work that God has set me.

To be well skilled in the mystery of Christian contentment is the duty, glory and excellence of a Christian.

Contentment is not by addition but by subtraction: seeking to add a thing will not bring contentment. Instead, subtracting from your desires until you are satisfied only with Christ brings contentment.

It is a special part of the divine worship that we owe to God, to be content in a Christian way, as has been shown to you.

Christian contentment is that sweet, inward, quiet, gracious frame of spirit, which freely submits to and delights in God's wise and fatherly disposal in every condition.