Quotes About Ambition

I'm very ambitious, but I also love myself - which means I try to take care of myself.

I would love to do Shakespeare in New York.

Maybe down the road, I can see myself being part of the creative process, but acting is definitely my first and true love.

I was raised to pursue my passions and pursue the things that I love, and to just live life to the fullest.

It's something I really love to do. I mean, I don't see myself without tennis.

Love often leads on to ambition, but seldom does one return from ambition to love.

that's why I want you to continue toward your goal. If you have to wait until the war is over, then wait. But if you have to go before then, go on in pursuit of your dream.

He was contemplation and enthusiasm. Ambition and strong coffee. I could have looked at him forever.

He offered her the world. She said she had her own.

Fight everyday for a better life.

Sometimes you get everything you ever wanted, only it doesn't look like what you wanted anymore.

I hope all you wish for comes to you, And you become who you're hoping to be.I know you will prosper in all you do, So promise you'll remember me.

You can see the people who thought they could come to London, bend over and pick gold off the streets. They're all lying on benches in Trafalgar Square with hernias and cans of Special Brew.

I know who I want to be and I want you by my side as I become that person.

I build boxesand place them at your feet, to measure the distance between dreams and reality.

If America can go on breeding men like that, she will be a power in the world indeed.

In his writings, Patton was shameless about his ambition to woo Lena to be his bride. He detailed the gradual progress he made, playing music for her on his violin, writing her poems, beguiling her with stories, engaging her in conversation. It was clear that he obsessed over her. He knew what he wanted and never relented until she was his.

of taking what life gave her, she should take what she wanted from life.

A lot of that criticism stems from jealousy, don't you agree? People have a hard time accepting someone who soars so high. Someone who dares to break all the rules.

Adjust my dreams for me.

And as the elevator descents, passing the second floor, and the first floor, going even father down, I realize that the money doesn't matter. That all that does is that I want to see the worst

At Columbus Circle, a juggler wearing a trench cloak and top hat, who is usually at this location afternoons and who calls himself Stretch Man, performs in front of a small, uninterested crowd; though I smell prey, and he seems worthy of my wrath, I move on in search of a less dorky target. Though if he'd been a mime, odds are he'd already be dead.

Patrick," she says slowly. "If you're so uptight about work, why don't you just quit? You don't have to work." "Because," I say, staring directly at her, "I … want … to … fit … in.

She bemoaned the fact that we didn't seem to be at a point anymore when being extremely good at something—and getting rewarded for that talent with attention, respect and money—was even regarded as possible.