Quotes About Ambition

Ambition begat simony; simony begat the pope and his brethren, about the time of the Babylonish captivity

Alfie was the first time I was above the title; the first time I became a star in America.

I'm just trying to really take it one day at a time, because for me - and I know this sounds cliche, whatever - I achieved my ultimate goal, and nothing can really top that, you know?

My real motivation is to reach 3:25... I am still young; I have a lot of time left in my career.

I run to be known as the greatest runner, the greatest of all time. I could not eat or sleep for a week after I lost in the (1992) Olympics. I have to win or die.

For a long time I thought I was a poet, but that's a high title to claim.

Follow your goals and stay focused, because you really don't have much time.

I want young people to see me and think you can be feminine and smart and successful, all at the same time.

We all get our dreams stamped on from time to time, right? And if it didn't hurt, what kind of second-rate dreams would they be?

I have a gigantic ego and need to be at the top of the pile and be doing amazingly well; also, at the same time, I'm just pleased to be anywhere.

But how do you wait for heaven And who has that much time And how do you keep your feet on the ground When you know, that you were born, you were born to fly

By the time I would have graduated, at 22, I was a writer and featured performer on Saturday Night Live.

I want to keep pushing myself so I never feel settled. I don't really know if it's going to end up working. I'm stressed out most of the time.

You don't have enough time to be both unhappy & mediocre. It's not just pointless; it's painful.

I'm not going to waste my time trying 'break' America, you know what I mean? Too many people have died trying to break America. America doesn't break unless it wants to.

Working women went through a time when they believed that.

I know I can do it," Todd Downey said, helping himself to another ear of corn from the steaming bowl. "I'm sure that in time her death will be a mystery, even to me.

I want to keep working with the best, keep going and be a better actor each time I go and dive into something.

Every time I find myself stressed out, it's because I do things primarily driven by growth.

If you imagine that once you have accomplished your ambitions you will have time to turn to the Way, you will discover that your ambitions never come to an end.

I must go deeper and even stronger into my treasure mine and stint nothing of time, toil, or torture.

For me, it was not destiny to make it to where I am now - I thought for a long- time I would become a go-kart mechanic, or a job like this, not an F1 driver.

I finally decided one day, reading science fiction magazines of the time, I could do at least as well as some of these people are doing. So I finally made a serious effort.

And I spent that time working as an insurance adjuster and going to law school in the evening, and then when I left law school, I joined the Department of Justice in Washington.