Quotes About Ambition

America thinks of itself as a meritocracy, so people have more respect for success and more contempt for failure.

You still think we can go out there, and we can all run the mile in four minutes, you know, your mind still thinks that, but then you go out and actually try to do it, it's kind of scary.

I met someone the other night who's 28 years old, and he hasn't worked a day since he left college because he's pursuing a dream he'll never, ever realize: He thinks he's a great singer. Actually, he's crap.

Every kid thinks about scoring rather than not conceding.

He thinks he can use the jail for networking to be somebody. In that way, he's always operating.

Every fighter thinks about their legacy, and I'm not any different.

He who thinks he is raising a mound may only in reality be digging a pit.

I just feel like everyone and their mother thinks they can be an artist. You can't. Sorry. I know I was born to be one.

No one sits on the stoop when she's a kid and thinks, 'I want to be a biographer when I grow up.'

I think Coran Capshaw is such a brilliant entrepreneur and he always thinks about new stuff; the biggest stuff you can imagine. I know he's working on a lot of things for me at the moment, and I think it will definitely help my career to go to the next level.

When I want to do something badly enough, I do it, but there is a practical side of me that thinks I should be paid fairly.

In five years' time I'd like to be a mum. I want to settle down and have a family, definitely sooner rather than later. I'd like to have finished my second album too, maybe even my third. I'd like a sound that sticks around that other people are inspired by and that people know is me.

Making money is my third or fourth most favorite thing in the world.

I always was that person who was hard on myself and challenged myself no matter what I was doing, whether it was passing third grade or playing basketball.

I want to do a lot of things in my career and keep building on my talent, learn more about the tactics both with the ball and without it in the final third.

If I'm going to get up on stage to eat hot dogs, I'm not going to do it to get third or fourth.

I am quite self-critical, I try to keep focused on what I need to do better, and in the final third of the pitch I know I can do miles better.

But there was no question in my mind that I was gonna still go for it. I was still going for the win. I wasn't skiing for second or third place today, and in the end I think that's probably what got me there.

We kinda look at this as the second or third chapter of our lives. After college, most people figure out what they want to do with their lives. But we already know what we want to do in the future and that is to continue to further our business goals.

I left halfway through my third year to start Lipstick On Your Collar, which was the first thing I ever did.

I don't think about second or third place.

When I was around 15, I did my first movie. I was at a kids' agency, and the third time I was invited to an audition, they offered me a little part in some kiddie thing, and I earned my first money. I was very proud that I could buy my first mountain bike with my own money.

I don't want to play second leads or third leads in a film. I started working at 17. I still have a long way to go.

I just knew what I wanted to be since the third grade. And I always did well in school. I was the type to get good grades; I never really got below Cs or nothing like that. I always kept it A-B. But there's no school for rap.