"I don't have everything I want but I have everything I need. That's contentment."

-- James MacDonald

#Contentment Quotes #Needs Quotes #Want Quotes

“There's nothing good about being my age.”

Source : "Judi Dench Gets (Very) Candid About Aging: 'I'd Rather Be Young and Know Nothing'" by Simon Perry, people.com. March 05, 2015.
“Everyone who has something is afraid of losing it, and people with nothing are worried they'll forever have nothing. Everyone is the same.”
“Everybody knows that I am not usually patient enough to actually sit down and watch one of my own films from the beginning to the end - I never do.”
“If a child is given love, he becomes loving ... If he's helped when he needs help, he becomes helpful. And if he has been truly valued at home ... he grows up secure enough to look beyond himself to the welfare of others.”
“Tell me where it is gone â€” then I will tell you where it came from.”
“Think that you are part of a big construction called science and you are not just a chemist but you are scientist. Be modest but proud. Modest because you know you will not be able to solve other problems because your life is too short. But be proud because you are contributing to it. Some people will bring a small stone to the building and some people will bring a big one but nevertheless no one can take that stone away from you.”

Source : Source: www.lindau-nobel.org
“We should meet abuse by forbearance. Human nature is so constituted that if we take absolutely no notice of anger or abuse, the person indulging in it will soon weary of it and stop.”
“The pace at eBay was frantic and urgent. We knew that if we didn't move fast, somebody would come into the market and quash us. Participant doesn't make a lot of sense from a financial investment perspective, so it's unlikely that other people will be approaching the business in the same way. So you see less urgency; you see a thoroughness and willingness to spend extra time to get things right. Which I think is really important.”

Source : "The Indie Movie Mogul". Interview with Michael S. Malone, www.wired.com. February 1, 2006.

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