Michael Josephson Commentary

Contentment is the grateful, faithful, fruitful use of what we have. Not to drink because one has but half a cup or because one does not like its flavor or because someone else has silver to one’s own glass is to lose the contents. No one is discontented who employs and enjoys to the utmost what he has.
— Maltbie Davenport Babcock, writer, clergyman (1858-1901)
Accept that you are totally, absolutely, 100 percent responsible for what’s going on in your life – for where you’ve been, for where you are, and for where you’re going.
— Roger Dawson, motivational speaker
Be content with your lot; one cannot be first in everything.
— Aesop, Greek slave (620-560 BC)
Happiness is a Swedish sunset; it is there for all, but most of us look the other way and lose it.
— Mark Twain, author, humorist (1835-1910)
Most of us like and admire people who are genuine, even if we disagree with them. In contrast, an insincere person is like a broken watch. It may tell the time accurately twice a day, but no one relies on it.
— Michael Josephson