Quotes About Ambition

I was a book editor for nine years. I'm familiar with the opposite experience, bracing myself for the likelihood that no one would want to publish my book.

Let's be honest: I just want a Super Bowl ring.

And I think that's why I was going to be a musician. I was very rebellious. And I didn't want to be an actor. My father used to say to me you should be an actor if you want to be in the arts.

Only a lunatic would want to be president. These lunatics are created deliberately by those who wish to be presided over.

My husband says I can do anything I put my mind to, but the truth i, the only thing I want to do is act.

He didn't know what he wanted. He only knew what he didn't want.

I'm proud of my kids, they are doing what they want to do.

I'm living for myself, everything I do is to achieve my goals, so I'd love to stop caring so much about what I want by then and maybe focus on a bigger picture.

First, define your credo- the belief system of the organization. Secondly, define your real ambition, or where do you want to go as a collective community.

Money and fame? I never had it, don't really know if I want it.

I want more from David Beckham. I want him to improve on perfection.

The skies were blue when I was coming up. I want my kids to have the same opportunity, if not better, than I had.

Why not sit around a Beverly Hills pool collecting residual cheques? That is not the kind of life I want.

There are so many things in this life that I want to do and I can't do them all.

You can use the same motto for everything in life. If you put that effort in, you'll get what you want.

The people that go on 'American Idol' do want some recognition and fame.

I love what I do and I dont want to stop - This is all Ive ever wanted.

I kind of weirdly fell into being an action hero...I have no f- idea how that happened. You have to remind people that you want to act rather than just run around

If you're in high school, just know there is a big world out there and you can be anyone you want to be.

Dear Brigan, she thought to herself. People want incongruous, impossible things. Horses do, too.

It's not easy making money as an actor. It's just not an easy thing to do. There's so many that want to do it and so few opportunities to do it that it's not as easy as it would seem.

Only nut cases want to be president. This was true even in high school. Only clearly disturbed people ran for class president.

I love what I do and being in front of the camera. But I never want to limit myself to just one thing and just venture out into new things.

I'm in a great situation because I know what kind of player I want to be, I know where I'm going to be, and I know what I have to do to get there and I'm around the right guys.