Quotes About Ambition

If I was to feel guilty about something, it would be the fact I haven't done enough. I wish there was a million Roman Reigns. So that I could take them all out at once. Then I would feel like I've accomplished something.

I want to be a Roman Reigns; I want to be a John Cena.

I like to think I am the best there is at what I do, and so I have conquered the world like Alexander. But I don't believe I am the reincarnation of Alexander the Great.

It's important to drive your own ship, and it's your career, so you might as well take it by the reins.

In America, we can reinvent ourselves - we're encouraged to.

L.A. is a place people come to for all sorts of reasons, often to reinvent themselves, and that fascinates me.

I wanted to reinvent myself as a director.

As an actor I want more and more challenges, I want to reinvent myself.

I would go to different production houses everyday for auditions and they would reject me saying you cant talk, smile, dance, or act.

I always feel like I want more time with my kids. But I reject the notion that you can't have it all. I think you can: just not necessarily in abundance.

They're my favorite two words these days: Oscar reject.

I left my job as a feature writer on a newspaper to write a book, then sent it off to a number of agents thinking they would all reject me. Within a week, most had come back to say they loved what they had read, which then led to a bidding war for my first two novels.

It is important to send your work to as many publishers as possible. For every one publisher who may show interest in your work, there will be at least five who will reject you.

I mean, I'm an 'X Factor' reject presenting on Radio 2, what's going on?

I haven't got enough fingers to count the number of clubs who rejected me.

I rejected the notion that my race or sex would bar my success in life.

I got rejected from all the good drama schools first time.

I decided to write short stories because they got rejected quicker.

As a writer, you can't allow yourself the luxury of being discouraged and giving up when you are rejected, either by agents or publishers. You absolutely must plow forward.

Many clubs rejected me, but I wanted to be a footballer and to learn as quickly as possible, so I persisted until I got into Real Sociedad when I was 13.

I knew I could sing. That one thing I did believe in was that I could sing, but then constantly getting rejected, it started to get me down. But my voice was always there and my dream and my ambition was always there when I went through bad times.

We all serve a purpose. My purpose isn't to be rejected. My purpose isn't to think small or to be introverted. This door closed is literally pushing me to the next door.

Being rejected is not nice, and it never gets any easier no matter where you are in your career.

I have been rejected 120 times, probably because I didn't write the right book.