Quotes about Achievement

Whenever I won an award in the NHL, I thought of my father and the pride he would get in reading about it and having people mention it to him.

I think he's accomplished so much, I don't think it's fair to put me in the same category as Coach Payton. I think, hopefully, if you achieve even close to what he has in this league, then maybe you start to get mentioned.

I always say, 'Hey, I'm in Metallica, but I wasn't on the Black Album.'

You just go out and do the best that you can. I think people feel that, and they embrace it, and it's a part of what makes Metallica special.

It was a dream of mine to be in an action film.

I feel like every day, every minute I have to make the most of.

We can judge our success at work in many ways. Usually we judge it by how much money we make, what title we have, and how much others recognize our achievements. But if you can go to work each day as a bodhisattva, if your presence at work brings you and others joy, then you have a successful work life. You have succeeded in the present moment, the only moment that exists.

The great thing in the world is not so much to seek happiness as to earn peace and self-respect.

I'm a great believer in luck and I find the harder I work, the more I have of it.

Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal. Nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong attitude.

I firmly believe in luck. And I noticed: the more I work, the luckier I become.

A man who fails well is greater than one who succeeds badly.