Quotes About Ambition

Mastery is in constantly wanting to close the gap between where you are and where you want to be.

In terms of a "career," I never have long-term plans, and certainly don't want to spend several years, say, writing a "long" novel.

Formula One is definitely what I want to do. I would get back in the car today if I could.

I lived with my mom in Hawaii until I pissed her off. And then I came to live with my dad and pissed him off. He made me hustle, and claw, and fight. That's all stuff you want. You want that drive.

It shocks me when young kids still say, 'I want to do a magazine,'

A lot of us spend our lives assuming we are going to get around to those things we want to do.

I do think I might scare some guys, because I'm like, 'I want to change the world! I have dreams! What do you want to do?' But I only know how to be me.

I never thought Hollywood is the life I want to do. I thought acting is the life I want to do.

I wanted at one point to act, which is a weird thing for men to want to do. It's a very vain profession.

My goal is to appeal to as many people as I can. I'm not looking to leave country, but I do want to have more international success.

You've only got a short shelf-life as an actor, and I want to make the most of it while I can.

Believe me, when people say, 'We want to pay you X-million to do this movie,' I won't be the girl who hangs back saying, 'Oh, I really don't deserve it,' I'll be, 'Un-hunh, hand it right over.'

Our dreams are expressions of our inner beauty. I've learned that it's completely okay to want whatever you want.

I had the feeling I was going to be successful, and I didn't want to be another disappointing Indian.

May you get exactly what you want and live long enough to regret it.

Everybody wants to win.

I'd love to be a huge television director. I definitely want to do that. I could imagine me going more and more into that, as I age.

My God, what do we want? What does any human being want?

Saul Bellow has that character in Henderson the Rain King say: "I want, I want, I want!"9 I remember reading this passage years ago and thinking, yes, that's the human.

I look at it as a challenge, ... I'm not going to put too much added pressure on myself. I want to play in the NHL, and after that [happens], I can worry about things beyond that.

Every time I sat in a chemistry lesson I thought, what am I doing this for? I don't ever want to be in a job that involves a Bunsen burner.'

There's also these moments when you're like, oh, I really want to do different things. Not instead of this show [The Big Bang Theory]. It's just a hunger to do something else, too.

Too many people write books because they want to be a New York Times best-seller. They want the glory and the fame.

I feel so selfish, because I want the best of both worlds. I want to keep the image I've worked so hard to create.