Quotes About Ambition

Do I see people working harder than me? I can't imagine that but if I do it inspires me to work harder.

Hollywood is a very inspiring place.

I've always been hard on myself, so I expect so much out of myself that that pressure can be inspiring at time.

I definitely hope that I'm inspiring a lot of different female artists to run with the boys.

My students are working one, sometimes two jobs. They have kids. They're going school. They're dealing with real everyday problems. They are inspiring because they're trying to get ahead and make a better life for themselves and their kids.

People look at Instagram and say they want money, they want this, they want that.

You just want to play. You don't think about the money, how many followers you've got on Instagram. You just want to make it. You don't understand the demands, how intense it is at times - the scrutiny you're going to get.

I am an instance of what is possible with a lot of hard work.

Believe with all your heart that you will do what you were made to do. Never for an instant harbor a doubt of it.

I went to college and I never allowed myself to think for an instant that I would have this chance to do this.

You can't afford to rest on your laurels at all, or you'll instantly be on the bench.

I never entered the industry with hopes of making it big instantly.

Forget the lottery. Bet on yourself instead.

I chose to embrace the spirit of my mother, who, though she had too many of her own dreams denied, deferred, and destroyed, she still instilled in me, her child, that I could have dreams and that I did have a responsibility and the power.

My mom sacrificed everything for my brother and me. She taught me so many things - about life, love, faith, ambition, and family - and she instilled in me the desire to have my own kids one day.

My father just instilled in me that either you're going to be No. 1 or nothing at all.

I am so proud to be a Philadelphian. I believe there's a different drive and hustle that's instilled in us.

When you want something so bad and when something great happens, I think it's instinct that you say, 'This is gonna be the moment that's gonna change everything. Everybody is gonna see me a different way.'

There's just a natural instinct to want to be great, I think.

I feel like everyone has this competitive instinct.

It's our instinct to want to acquire a better lifestyle for ourselves and our families.

It's always been there, that competitive instinct... I just want to win.

I don't know what kind of career I want to forge for myself. But I want it to be one where I love the work that I've done. And I like to think that I have good instincts.

I asked my mother could I have an instrument. She said, 'Well if you go out and save your money.' So I went and got - I made me a shine box. I went out and started shining shoes, and I'd bring whatever I made.