Quotes About Ambition

Imagine settling for a life you can have because you don't have the courage to go after the life you really want.

Success is something you attract by the person you become. If you want to have more, you must become more.

I like to produce movies and that's where I want to be.

He can feel no little wants who is in pursuit of grandeur.

In life, we choose whether or not we want to be a winner or a loser.

There are a million things I can think of that I would I want to do. Reporting like you, would be one. A talk show host maybe, also. I want to do a lot.

Focus on where you want to go, not where you don't want to go.

Hopefully I'll be successful with the singing, but there are so many other things I want to do, like acting. I'll do them one at a time first!

As soon as someone I don't respect tells me I can't do something, it just makes me want to do it even more.

I am getting frustrated by the fact that we have been out of office for eight years. I desperately want to lead the Conservative Party to make quicker progress back into power.

I love to see somebody who wants to be the best they can be.

Honestly, I don't want to worry about the trivial feelings here. I have nothing and I still have a far way to go. There's no time for me to hesitate. The people around me force me to hesitate.

I could have anything I wanted and if I didn't have it, it was because I didn't want it.

It is the Nobel Prize I want. It's worth $400,000.

When I used to teach creative writing, I would tell the students to make their characters want something right away.

If I put my mind to something and really want it, I'll go after it and get it.

I'm addicted to winning. The more you win, the more you want to win.

Oh, don't be silly - EVERYONE wants this. Everyone wants to be *us*.

I never met anybody in my life who says, I want to be a critic. People want to be a fireman, poet, novelist.

I've learned that getting what you want gives you a pretty high batting average, and leaves you plenty to struggle for.

Acting is a tough business, but if you really want to do it, you should go full force.

When you don't want something enough to make the effort, making an effort is a waste.

Predetermine the objectives you want to accomplish. Think big, act big and set out to accomplish big results.

It's our dreams that keep us going, that seperate us from the beasts. I wouldn't even want to live if I thought it was all just eating and sleeping and taking off my clothes.