I just find myself happy with the simple things. Appreciating the blessings God gave me.
The talent for being happy is appreciating and liking what you have, instead of what you don't have.
When I was a kid, there was no collaboration; it's you with a camera bossing your friends around. But as an adult, filmmaking is all about appreciating the talents of the people you surround yourself with and knowing you could never have made any of these films by yourself.
The aim of life is appreciation; there is no sense in not appreciating things; and there is no sense in having more of them if you have less appreciation of them.
I went from resenting my mother-in-law to accepting her, finally to appreciating her. What appeared to be her diffidence when I was first married, I now value as serenity.
One of my favourite messages about 'The Pirate Fairy' is that the story is about appreciating your own talents.
By appreciating the darkness when you design the light, you create much more interesting environments that truly enhance our lives.
I feel badly for those girls who have to be so waif thin, doing those catwalks all the time because, luckily, we're going into a different time - that's what they're saying, at least - in we're appreciating a curvier figure. But to be honest, I couldn't be like an hourglass if I tried.
Blessed are they who have the gift of making friends, for it is one of God's best gifts. It involves many things, but above all, the power of going out of one's self, and appreciating whatever is noble and loving in another.
We have been far too aggressive about extracting ocean wildlife, not appreciating that there are limits and even points of no return.