Richard K. Morgan Quotes

Sometimes, we just have to be happy with what people can offer us. Even if it's not what we want, at least it's something.

Seek not, my soul, the life of the immortals; but enjoy to the full the resources that are within thy reach.

I just want to be nominated; beggars can't be choosers.

I am willing ... when I cannot get all I wish, to take what I can get.

If you cannot have what you believe in, you must believe in what you have.

I wanted Jordans, but I had to get Rugged Outbacks. I had to take it for what it was worth, but now I'm able to give back and it feels real good.

I take whatever I can get with grace.

Better halfe a loafe than no bread.

if I can't get what I want - well, I'll want what I can get.

It is essential to make oneself used to putting up with a little. Even the wealthy and the well provided are continually met and frustrated by difficult times and situations. It is in no man's power to have whatever he wants; but he has it in his power not to wish for what he hasn't got, and cheerfully make the most of the things that do come his way.

To know what one can have and to do with it, being prepared for no more, is the basis of equilibrium.

I just take it as it comes, and if I'm not offered something, there's always a reason, and usually it's a pretty good one. I'm not worried about it. You know, I've had an incredible career, and I'm blessed.

The art of life is to know how to enjoy a little and to endure very much.

Coming from a big family, I learned a lot. Things don't have to be perfect. You can do okay with 'almost.'

My version, of course, is not this flag-waving, let's all get on the Jesus train and ride out of hell. I'm not that kind of guy. It's an embrace that life is good, worth living and yeah, it's not easy, but there are more pluses than minuses.

Wow, I get to wake up again? Ok. You have to make good with what you've got.

We live, not as we wish to, but as we can.

Enough is as good as a feast.

When you can't have what you choose, you just choose what you have.

Oh, I suppose you've given me as square a deal as you could. We shouldn't expect from any person something beyond his capacity.

When things don't go your way, you brush it aside and carry on. Don't take what you have for granted. Enjoy what you have.

The worst thing about age is not quite being able to do what you once did. The best thing is learning to accept what you've got and what you are.

I've learned over the years that there's a lot of things that work out pretty well that I don't love.

If you cannot have the thing you want, you want the thing you have.

A win doesn't always come exactly how you want it to, but it's a win nonetheless. And anyone who doesn't think so, I don't even know what to tell them.