Steven Spielberg Quotes

A creative man is motivated by the desire to achieve, not by the desire to beat others.

I've never been driven by fame or money or anything like that. It's never been part of my psyche.

For me, I already fought some of the best people there are. I already did, you know, what I need to do for me.

When a man feels throbbing within him the power to do what he undertakes as well as it can possibly be done, this is happiness, this is success.

If you equate happiness with success, you will never achieve the amount of success necessary to make you happy.

Success? I don't know what that word means. I'm happy. But success, that goes back to what in somebody's eyes success means. For me, success is inner peace. That's a good day for me.

Success is not the result of making money; earning money is the result of success — and success is in direct proportion to our service.

I'm proud of my kids, they are doing what they want to do.

What motivates me is everything that I have been a small part of.

I don't make deals for the money. I've got enough, much more than I'll ever need. I do it to do it.

Success is important only to the extent that it puts one in a position to do more things one likes to do.

I thought happiness came from achievement.

To fulfill a dream, to be allowed to sweat over lonely labor, to be given a chance to create, is the meat and potatoes of life. The money is the gravy.

Happiness does not come from doing easy work but from the afterglow of satisfaction that comes after the achievement of a difficult task that demanded our best.

Ambition is to be the fastest runner on this planet, to be the first on the South Pole, which is a grotesque perversion of ambition. It's an ego trip, and I'm not on an ego trip. I don't have ambitions - I have a vision.

Success is always something completely different to people. I feel like I've succeeded, if I'm doing something that makes me happy and I'm not lying to anybody.

It's very satisfying. To perform the way you want to. And the way you know that you can.

I'm still having fun, and I'm doing something and I'm seeing the world! I wasn't massively ambitious, but I did always want to do the best I could do.

I don't think at any age I will be able to feel totally accomplished.

My target is enjoying and proving to myself that I am progressing.

Why strive to be 'elite'? Because it infuses your life with purpose and meaning that does not depend on anyone or anything that can ever be taken away from you.

Success is not just making money. Success is happiness. Success is fulfillment; it's the ability to give.

I would love to be proud of my life, to look back and say, I did a good job, that I strive for quality.

Success is very enjoyable in any field. But for me, success is not in terms of financial gains.