الْعَجْزُ اشْتِغَالُكَ بِالْمَضْمُونِ لَكَ عَنِ الْمَفْرُوضِ عَلَيْكَ وَتَرْكُ الْقَنَاعَةِ بِمَا أُوتِيتَ
Inability [and failure] is [in] occupying yourself with that which has been guaranteed for you instead of that which has been made obligatory upon you, and abandoning contentment with what you have been given
المصدر : غرر الحكم ودرر الكلم
مَنْ لَمْ يَقْنَعْ بِمَا قُدِّرَ لَهُ تَعَنَّى
One who is not satisfied with what has been decreed for him faces hardship
المصدر : غرر الحكم ودرر الكلم
مَنْ عَدَتْهُ الْقَنَاعَةُ لَمْ يُغْنِهِ الْمَالُ
One from whom contentment turns away is not enriched by wealth
المصدر : غرر الحكم ودرر الكلم
مَنْ عَدِمَ الْقَنَاعَةَ لَمْ يُغْنِهِ الْمَالُ
One who lacks contentment is not made affluent by riches
المصدر : غرر الحكم ودرر الكلم
مَنْ كَانَ بِيَسِيرِ الدُّنْيَا لَا يَقْنَعُ لَمْ يُغْنِهِ مِنْ كَثِيرِهَا مَا يَجْمَعُ
One who is not content with the little [he has] of this world will not be satisfied with the much that he accumulates from it
المصدر : غرر الحكم ودرر الكلم