Quotes About Ambition

I wanted to set a new standard for competitive bodybuilding.

Miami is a place that if you like to work, then it's good for you. Because I feel like they hold you to a higher standard.

No. You can't do that. We won't let you go to Bollywood... ' This is the standard reaction of small town, middle class parents whenever their child expresses his or her desire to join the film industry.

You should shoot for high standards, and believe they're obtainable.

I'm pretty sure my expectations are higher than the average person's. It just sets standards.

I've always held myself to high standards.

Even when you're 50, you can make the effort to improve your standards.

The challenge itself is to exceed certain high standards you've set for yourself.

Arsenal's standards are very high so I've always tried to reach that.

Ueli Steck, I'm absolutely certain, had a very strong inner drive to keep pushing. He set very high standards for himself.

I've been inconsistent by my standards, but I always set high goals for myself.

I have my own goals, standards and have my own pressure.

There was a period in my life when I was trying to write standards: songs that everybody recorded. I did a pretty good run of it.

I would love to work on a film which would be close to Hollywood standards.

Sometimes you want things so bad you will kind of lower your standards, and I've learned that once you do that, it's really hard to go back, to get people to respect you and respect your craft.

In the beginning, I aspired just to make a comfortable living in acting. I still feel the same - it's just that my standards have gone up, so my comfort level is higher as well.

I want to be great, and that's holding myself to my standards, not anybody else's.

My expectation levels are probably higher than what's achievable. But I have to keep pushing the standards.

At a club like Everton, we've always set our standards high.

I'm not competitive at all, I just don't care. I have my own standards I want to meet, but it's a very, very low bar. Even then I struggle to meet those standards.

I, personally, have standards that I have set for myself. I'd like to achieve those and look back without regret.

At the beginning of my career, it was very hard to go up. Now, it's very hard to stay on top. You have to stay there, and I want to stay there so badly. I'm still standing.

There were times when I was working three jobs at one time, and I was still auditioning just to make ends meet, and I was hoping that something was going to come through. Especially after you have two degrees, standing solid through the process is sometimes the hardest part because there is no guarantee.

There are two reasons why I'm in show business, and I'm standing on both of them.