Henry Rollins Quotes

I want to know that I've accomplished something. I want to feel that it had some meaning. At the last summing up, I want to be sure it wasn't all-for nothing.

All my life I wanted to accomplish something worthwhile-a thing people will say took a little something.

I don't want to be 60 years old standing on stage telling some jokes. I want my life to mean something.

I would like, before I die, to see the changes I've always fought for being made. If not, my life will have been worth nothing.

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

My life's work has been accomplished. I did all that I could.

I've got nothing against selling out, but just let me do it for something that matters. Not so I can be Number One With a Bullet, as it were, but so I can leave this world feeling like I made a difference.

To be in any way a positive contribution, that's all anybody wants to be. It's all I've ever wanted to be. I wanted to be an artist, be a mother. You want to feel that in your life you've been of use, in whatever way that comes out.

So, it's nice to know that you've inspired someone to do their life's work.

I wanna make my mark, and I wanna be part of something!

Everyone has to die someday. I'd rather die after doing something worthwhile.

What fulfills me are the goals that I have in life. And those goals are not just about scoring goals, although the goals give me a lot of strength and happiness.

I think I make a difference. I mean a lot to my people. I've done well. They're proud of me.

If I can make my mark just a little bit, then great.

I did what I came here to do. What I've done I've done with sincerity and to the best of my ability. You can't expect much more from life.

The key to a happy life is to have accomplishments to be proud of and purpose to look forward to, and at the moment I had both. How wonderful it was to be me.

People will summarize your life in one sentence - Pick it now.

The beginning don't matter. The end don't matter. All that matters is what you do in between...the greatest reward is to know that you did your job when you were here on the planet.

I think success is about purpose. People ask about success at different points in your life. As I look back, I think people that are successful feel good about what they are doing, and they can look back at what they've done and they feel good about it. People sometimes ask about success and they say, "What's your legacy?" and I say, "I think it's really a dumb question." I think the question is: What am I doing now? Do I feel good about myself? Am I proud of myself? Whatever purpose there is in life, I think success is about purpose. It's not about material things.

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.

What exactly is success? For me it is to be found not in applause, but in the satisfaction of feeling that one is realizing one's ideal.

And this is the best success I can dream for my life: to have spread a new vision of the world.

Nothing gives quite the satisfaction that doing things brings.

I got the three things I wanted. I did my job, I worked hard in the process, and I cherish the memories, and they're mine.

I want to run for eternal glory and track is great, but it's not what life is all about.