Quotes About Ambition

In life, the first thing you must do is decide what you really want. Weigh the costs and the results. Are the results worthy of the costs? Then make up your mind completely and go after your goal with all your might.

I know that nothing can be taken for granted, and there is still a lot of hard work ahead of me. However, I am looking forward to the challenge of trying to prove to the England manager that I am worthy of a place in his team, and hopefully continuing to progress my career in the right direction.

The honest truth is no, I don't feel like I arrived. I don't feel like I'm worthy. My publicist says I'm not supposed to say that, but I don't feel I'm there yet.

I plan on making a lot more records, and hopefully one of them will be Grammy worthy.

The grandest ambition that any man can possibly have is to so live and so improve himself in heart and brain as to be worthy of the love of some splendid woman; and the grandest ambition of any girl is to make herself worthy of the love and adoration of some magnificent man.

The problem for us, as viewers, is that we want famous people who are passionate about the things they're famous for, because that makes them worthy of the attention. But I think many of those famous people just want to be famous.

With the first album, I wanted to do so many different things, and I was fighting with myself to try and see if I was worthy enough to do it.

It is not wealth, it is not station, it is not social standing and ambition which can make us worthy of the Jewish name, of the Jewish heritage. To be worthy of them, we must live up to and with them. We must regard ourselves their custodians.

The American people want and deserve a space program truly worthy of a nation of pioneers.

Most men that run for office wake up in the morning and say, I am worthy to be the president of the United States of America. I want women to channel their inner man and say, Oh yeah, I am worthy.

I would like to die on Mars. Just not on impact.

If we did all the things we are capable of, we would literally astound ourselves.

I believe that if one always looked at the skies, one would end up with wings.

If I were not Alexander, I would be Diogenes.

I wanted to go to drama school, but when I got the part in 'Falling,' I got an agent, so it seemed a good idea to work. I always did a lot of singing and dancing, so I am glad it worked out that way. I would like to study stage acting at some point, though.

I would rather be the tail of a lion than the head of a mouse.

Well, I believe that the depth of your struggle can determine the height of your success. I was inspired to come out of everything I've been through and end up in a place where I never thought that I would be.

I would rather discover one true cause than gain the kingdom of Persia.

People say 'dream big,' that's kind of one of those motivational sayings, but I would dream hard, meaning I just wanted it so badly, I could feel it.

When I was in college, I wanted to be involved in things that would change the world.

If no one ever took risks, Michaelangelo would have painted the Sistine floor.

Work as though you would live forever, and live as though you would die today. Go another mile!

I would say if you have a dream, follow it. It doesn't really matter whether you are a woman or from India or from wherever.

On one of my last days at school, the headmaster said I would either end up in prison or become a millionaire. That was quite a startling prediction, but in some respects, he was right on both counts!