Quotes About Achievement

If a dedication page were to precede the total of my work, it would read: To the glory of Man.

The most exciting thing I aspire to do is to write something new that I know is going to work, or perform something that I know is going to make people laugh.

I don't feel like a legend. I feel like a work in progress.

The people who best use their advantages, or overcome adversity, and work honestly are those most worthy of admiration.

Anyone who puts 110% into their work deserves as much success as they can get.

The funny thing is, about the time I let go of any aspiration toward worldly success, that's about the time I started writing decent work.

Well, it's wonderful to be identified strongly with my work.

Being a doctor at Johns Hopkins does not make me any better in God's sight than the individual who has not had the opportunity to gain such an education but who still works hard.

It's a failure only if you don't get anything out of it, Thomas Edison said he knew 999 ways that a light bulb did not work; yet we have lights today.

I was made to be where I'm at. I just had to go through some challenges, so that I can educate others later.

One's work is never so bad as it appears on bad days, nor so good as it appears on good days.

No human pursuit achieves dignity until it can be called work.

I have a really powerful urge to see things work.

The ones that work out really and ones that become something to the audience, those are the most important people.

I'd like to win a Booker Prize for writing. A Nobel Peace Prize for my work in peace... and I think that'll probably do.

The difference between possible and impossible is hard work and commitment.

They said, congratulations you got what it takes. They sent him back to the rat race without any brakes.

Garry Hill is a pleasure to be around, and his work is a rewarding reflection of my career.

The antidote to envy is one's own work. Always one's own work. Not the thinking about it. Not the assessing of it. But the doing of it. The answers you want can come only from the work itself.

I've been gone for a long time. I really want to give the fans something that they deserve to have. So, I'm working really hard on this. I really want to make it the best work I've done so far.

I enjoy my work. The reason I worked so hard all my life is because I want to be making big decisions and managing at the very highest level.

Pierre [from Dude, Where's My Car?] could be the best thing I've ever done. When you distill it down to a minute and a half of work, that may be my finest effort.

[Out To Sea] was like a dream come true for me, because I got to work with Jack [Lemmon] and Walter [Matthau], who were unbelievable.

I'm not Michelangelo but I would like to be that. I'll never be him but I'm trying to strive to do that in my work.