Sense of Accomplishment Quotes

The satisfaction to be derived from success in a great constructive enterprise is one of the most massive that life has to offer.

I' ve won awards. And they didn't make me feel bad winning them. They made me feel pretty good. But it also did not make me feel bad NOT winning the Academy Award.

And the whole Oscar thing, that is just surreal: you spend months and months doing promotion, and then come back to reality with this golden thing in your hands. You put it in the office and then you just have to look at it sitting on the shelf. And, after about two weeks, you go: 'What is that doing there?'

Seeing my book on a billboard in New York was a bucket-list-type thing, but also a deeply surreal moment. I had to keep reminding myself that, oh, yes, I wrote that book.

Work has never really been work for me. It's been a natural extension of my life.

The first time I did a school play was the first time I felt I was good at anything at all. I just loved it.

That's the happiest I am, when I'm doing great work.

I never had an apartment before, so just finally having my own place. And it was magical. It was gorgeous - beautiful tub. I never could use the tub because I was afraid of the roaches.

At the end of the day, walk away feeling proud of what you have achieved.

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.

I'm always going to be a Celtic no matter what. It's always going to be in my veins. Once you live there and play for that team and win a championship, it doesn't matter where you go.

Reading the final copy of my book was like walking down memory lane all over again. Sure, the writing process was emotional, but when I had the final copy in my hands, it was a completely different feeling.

My mom's never owned anything. I always wanted her to own something that she could say, 'This is mine' and feel good about it.

The emotional power of creating something... Nothing gives me as much joy as that.

I first felt successful when I was 13 and in a show called "Seesaw." I came offstage and heard the applause of the theater audience and felt a sense of accomplishment. Around that time, my role model for success was Burt Lancaster. He was one of the first actors in Hollywood to start his own production company, and I respected him because he created something he believed in.

People talk about the pain of writing, but very few people talk about the pleasure and satisfaction.

I'm glad I did it, partly because it was worth it, but mostly because I shall never have to do it again.

It's really nice to be in something that you really love and want to share with people. And then, for it to actually get shown and for people to be able to see it is awesome. It's really exciting.

I feel, first of all, very privileged that these people think enough of me that they made me commissioner. And it's almost like, as Yogi Berra said, 'deja vu all over again.'

It's so embarrassing to receive an award for doing what you should be doing.

I really feel gratitude every day in my life that I'm able to do what I love, and I think, because I have that passion and spirit, I've had success.

I know what happiness is, for I have done good work.

It's very special to be in something that you genuinely think would be your favorite thing if you weren't in it.

And it feels like, finally.

Real happiness lies in the completion of work using your own brains and skills.