Arthur Miller Quotes

The talent of success is nothing more than doing what you can do well, and doing well whatever you do without thought of fame. If it comes at all it will come because it is deserved, not because it is sought after.

The secret of joy in work is contained in one word - excellence. To know how to do something well is to enjoy it.

Fame is something I think happens as a result of trying to do good work. If you're trying to be famous, your work usually suffers.

I think you're only as good as the work that you do.

I do actually do good work! And it's hard! And I'm worth it!

I love to strive to be good at stuff that's really hard.

Enjoy the satisfaction that comes from doing little things well.

No man who is occupied in doing a very difficult thing, and doing it very well, ever loses his self-respect.

You may think it was a very little thing, and in these days it seems to me like a trifle, but it was a most important incident in my life. I could scarcely credit that I, the poor boy, had earned a dollar in less than a day; that by honest work, I had earned a dollar. I was a more hopeful and thoughtful boy from that time.

I've only had two rules: Do all you can and do it the best you can. It's the only way you ever get that feeling of accomplishing something.

During the past 23 years, I have set a number of goals for myself and I'm proud to say that these goals have been achieved.

Brooklyn for twenty years, I've learned that there is always someone better than you at what you do.

When you put a lot of hard work into one goal and you achieve it, that's a really good feeling.

It's good to test yourself and develop your talents and ambitions as fully as you can and achieve greater success; but I think success is the feeling you get from a job well done, and the key thing is to do the work.

I think the best way to find out about something is to try to do it to the max. A lot of people take up a hobby or sport and then find an excuse not to carry on with it. Once I start something, I won't stop until I'm as good at it as I'll ever be.

In order to be something, you must do something.

Nothing thrills me more than to be good at something. It's very rewarding, and I feel grateful and blessed, and I never take it for granted.

I'd rather stay out of the limelight until I've done something I feel proud of.

Whether in success or in failure, I'm proud of every single movie I've ever directed.

What motivated me is skating is something I am best at and I love the most.

There is no point at which you can say, 'Well, I'm successful now. I might as well take a nap.'

We should learn to take genuine pride in a job well done and not expect praise for one simply carried out.

I don't care if I was a ditch-digger at a dollar a day, I'd want to do my job better than the fellow next to me. I'd want to be the best at whatever I do.

My father always said, 'I don't care if you're a ditch digger, as long as you're the best ditch digger in the world.'

Any accolades that anybody puts toward this band really makes me feel good, because I have devoted such a big part of my life to this band, making it what I want it to be.