Quotes About Ambition

A foundation is a large amount of money completely surrounded by people who want some.

We can aspire to anything, but we don't get it just 'cause we want it. I would rather spend my life close to the birds than waste it wishing I had wings.

I'm addicted to working. I mean, I have a list of 100 countries I want to play in. I'm basically killing myself by travelling so much, for no reason whatsoever.

You can always find time to do the thing you really, really want to do.

The people can have anything they want, the only problem is they do not want anything.

People desire power. I don't know why they want it so. It seems to me it implies a hugely superior intellect which separates them from most of the populace.

I am born hungry. Ravenous. I want to eat the world, and I can never be satiated.

I've been approached many times by many different people, and most people want to do something that I write and produce, and I'm just not into that.

Any person who wants to govern the world is by definition the wrong person to do it.

I'm a risk-taker. It's where my passion lies, so I don't want to play it safe. That means I'm going to fail sometimes.

Who wants a dream that's near-fetched?

Nobody loves the rat race, but nobody can think of anything else—Satan has us just where he wants us.

The reason I wanted to be an actor is that I don't want to play me for the rest of my life and make money out of that.

You don't need qualifications as an actor or a politician. And I didn't want to be a politician.

I prefer to be sitting on the beach, but I can't. I want to be a billionaire.

When youre a young English person who wants to be an actress and you have dreams, you dream of being Vanessa Redgrave or Judi Dench.

Actors don't necessarily want to be famous or rich or anything else. It's a very bad gamble if that's what you're after.

I'm sure fame is yet to come; however, it's not my ultimate goal. I really just want to be able to tell stories, and create, and do it for a living.

And lot of Asian audiences and reporters don't like me to act as a bad guy. But I think I want to become an actor, I want to try different way.

I'm a selfish football player. Each time the ball is snapped, I tell myself that I want to make that tackle, make that big play.

The reason most people don't accomplish much is because they don't want much.

Never confuse desire with vision. Desire has to do with what we want. Vision has to do with what we need.

Point your feet in the direction you want to go and your life will follow.

Sometimes being famous gets in the way of doing what you want to do.