#satisfied

I mean, I hate to gloat, but I'm extremely satisfied with my position in life and the way things have worked out for me. ↗

— Al Yankovic

#hate #i #life #me #mean

I can't tell you exactly how I found it. It was just a process of writing a lot of stories and reading a lot of stories that I admired and just working and working until the sentences sounded right and I was satisfied with them. ↗

— Jhumpa Lahiri

#exactly #found #how #i #just

There can be no doubt that the average man blames much more than he praises. His instinct is to blame. If he is satisfied he says nothing; if he is not, he most illogically kicks up a row. ↗

— Golda Meir

#average man #blame #blames #doubt #his

He who is satisfied has never truly craved, and he who craves for the light of God neglects his ease for ardor. ↗

— Abraham Joshua Heschel

#craved #craves #ease #god #his

To rest satisfied with existing evils, as if we could do nothing, is not obedience; but neither is it obedience to imitate the actions of the apostles. ↗

— John Nelson Darby

#apostles #could #evils #existing #imitate

You've got to understand when a collaborator isn't satisfied anymore. ↗

— Martin Scorsese

#collaborator #got #satisfied #understand #you

You must accept that you might fail; then, if you do your best and still don't win, at least you can be satisfied that you've tried. If you don't accept failure as a possibility, you don't set high goals, you don't branch out, you don't try - you don't take the risk. ↗

— Rosalynn Carter

#best #branch #do your best #fail #failure

From beginning to end I worried that Ang Lee wouldn't be satisfied with my work. So I worked as hard as I could to earn his trust, because you only get a chance like this once. ↗

— Zhang Ziyi

#ang lee #because #beginning #chance #could

That which makes people dissatisfied with their condition, is the chimerical idea they form of the happiness of others. ↗

— James Thomson

#condition #dissatisfied #form #happiness #idea

What is it in my makeup that makes me grab any offer and fly around the world? Will I ever be satisfied? Can't I ever just rest? ↗

— Eli Wallach

#around #ever #fly #grab #i