Quotes About Determination

I went to Princeton High School when I was very serious about being an artist.

It was clear to me that if I could get through Princeton at the top of my class, I could do anything in the world.

I was on a path. I was going to become a principal dancer. I never let my mind rest.

When I became a principal at the Royal Ballet it was my childhood goal, a dream and I became it at 19. And then I said 'what's next?' and I set myself a different goal at 19 to become an actor.

I always work on the principle that if my heart and my head are together on an issue, write it, say it.

My principle and my faith is what is driving me from the get-go.

We may be personally defeated, but our principles never!

There's more than one way to get to the goal that you want to get to, but once you compromise your own principles, then you're lost. You're really lost.

I have principles and I am not going to be forced to compromise them.

It is easier to fight for one's principles than to live up to them.

If principles don't determine what you are going to pass or do, then power will.

I've been pretty broke my entire life. I'm not going to live that same life, but I'm going to keep those same principles.

I remember giving auditions for ad films and I used to wait for hours for my turn to come. I used to go for print shoots for Rs 2000. I used to go to the director's office with my portfolio and the receptionists used to tell me to put it in the post box outside.

I remember, one day, I just printed out about a hundred CVs, and I was running around London. I was going to modeling agencies, temping agencies, anything. I was so desperate.

I knew from the start that I wanted my life to be about music. I taught myself the notes of the piano aged three, and then I spent the next few years deconstructing chords to figure out how to play them. At 11, I researched online the sort of music school I wanted to attend, printed out the details, and handed them to my parents.

I don't think you can climb Mount Everest with a broken leg, but I did break my leg prior to going to Mount Everest, so I was really climbing with a healing broken leg. I had the good fortune of climbing the highest mountain on each of the seven continents. That was a goal that I had.

How do I feel when I look back at prior work? Hmmm. I think, 'I tried to do the best I could do. It's not perfect. It will never be perfect.' And then I think, 'I want to try again.'

I like a woman with priorities.

Prioritize your work, be clear with what you want to do in your life.

Once I made the decision to make art despite the obstacles and to make this my priority, things just opened up for me.

Pitching is a priority.

I must use Ferrari to the maximum. My priority is to get results. Then we will see what happens.

What's a priority is going out there and winning ballgames every week.

As a goal scorer, my focus is always on converting my chances and being clinical in the box. That's my No. 1 priority.