James Mackintosh Quotes

I have many shortcomings. I feel very lucky to have been able to have what I've had.

I could never say I'm going to do bigger and better things because that would negate what I've already accomplished, and I don't want to do that.

Take your victories, whatever they may be, cherish them, use them, but don't settle for them.

The superior man is distressed by the limitations of his ability; he is not distressed by the fact that men do not recognize the ability that he has.

I am not super-ambitious. I am not a classically amazing singer or anything.

Success is about enjoying what you have and where you are, while pursuing achievable goals.

I think, for the majority of my twenties, I was always so concerned with what I didn't have, or what I still wanted.

I'm generally a very happy guy because I'm doing what I want. I'm willing to tell you that there are people who are much better than I am in writing. I don't have to be the fastest gun in the West.

I was always taught that you don't think you are anything special 'cause there's always someone who is more special than you. Just be the best you that you can be.

It's about staying level-headed and being appreciative of the chances I got and the games I played but, at the same time, wanting more.

It's the hardest thing in the world to accept a 'little' success and leave it that way.

Does any woman ever count the grains of her harvest and say: Good enough? Or does one always think of what more one might have laid in, had the labor been harder, the ambition more vast, the choices more sage?

I just take every day is a miracle and I'm really glad that I'm still working and that people are not sick of me, even though even I'm sick of me a little bit.

When you are disposed to be vain of your mental acquirements, look up to those who are more accomplished than yourself, that you may be fired with emulation; but when you feel dissatisfied with your circumstances, look down on those beneath you, that you may learn contentment.

I never had time to dream about being anyone else.

Let me be content with being happy, without sighing that I am not distinguished.

For our vanity is such that we hold our own characters immutable, and we are slow to acknowledge that they have changed, even for the better.

Learn not only to find what you like, learn to like what you find.

True humility is intelligent self respect which keeps us from thinking too highly or too meanly of ourselves. It makes us modest by reminding us how far we have come short of what we can be.

True contentment depends not upon what we have; a tub was large enough for Diogenes, but a world was too little for Alexander.

I have not changed with the accomplishments. I've remained the same. If I had changed, great. You know, but I haven't.

I would rate the fact that I get to be alive a big beautiful 10. Satisfaction with myself - work in progress.

It's always healthy to be taken down a notch, even though it's humbling.

When people call me God, I say, no, I'm still an angel or saint of acting. I still have a long way to go.

I don't want to be perceived as someone who has it all figured out. I certainly don't feel entitled or like I'm a superstar. I'm still growing, learning, and figuring things out.