"To get down to the quick of it, respect motivates me - not success.“

-Hugh Jackman

posted in success

Hugh Jackman quote about success: "To get down to the quick of it, respect motivates me - not success."

Other Quotes

Discover more inspiring quotes from our collection

"Australians are coffee snobs. An influx of Italian immigrants after World War II ensured that - we probably had the word 'cappuccino' about 20 years before America. Cafe culture is really big for Aussies. We like to work hard, but we take our leisure time seriously."

-Hugh Jackman

"My favorite play in drama school was 'The Bacchae.' It's about a king who literally gets eaten alive by all the women in the play in a kind of orgy - it's related to the word 'bacchanal' - and I loved that idea of animalistic chaos and following our own desires."

-Hugh Jackman

womenView Quote

"The word philosophy sounds high-minded, but it simply means the love of wisdom. If you love something, you don't just read about it you hug it, you mess with it, you play with it, you argue with it."

-Hugh Jackman

wisdomView Quote

"Australians are coffee snobs. An influx of Italian immigrants after World War II ensured that - we probably had the word 'cappuccino' about 20 years before America. Cafe culture is really big for Aussies. We like to work hard, but we take our leisure time seriously."

-Hugh Jackman

"I have two kids, career and I travel, and I don't think my life is any different than most couples. The most valuable commodity now for many people is time and how to parcel that out."

-Hugh Jackman

travelView Quote

"The secret to modern life is finding the measure in time management. I have two kids, career and I travel, and I don't think my life is any different than most couples. The most valuable commodity now for many people is time and how to parcel that out."

-Hugh Jackman

travelView Quote

Same Category

More quotes in this category

"You can take Elvis. You can take Marilyn Monroe. Success and fame will not be the answer if something inside of you is bothering you, if things in your mind aren't going right."

-Linda Evans

successView Quote

"Once you can accept failure, you can have fun and success."

-Rickey Henderson

successView Quote

"It's not just the NFL. Every other league has a draft. It has been fundamental to the success of professional sports."

-Roger Goodell

successView Quote

"Fame and success are very different things."

-Enya

successView Quote

"It's an awesome responsibility, not only to maintain the level of success the NFL has, but to build on that."

-Roger Goodell

successView Quote

"Nothing good comes in life or athletics unless a lot of hard work has preceded the effort. Only temporary success is achieved by taking short cuts."

-Roger Staubach

successView Quote