Quotes About Ambition

Despite my mother saying I have been destined to be an actress my whole life, I remember being the kid who grew up not knowing what I wanted to do with my life.

It's extremely tough, going day-to-day, not knowing really what you're working for, but for me, I just learned how to set small goals for myself.

I want to win something with Lazio, and I am not talking about just winning games.

The real killers in the business world aren't the ones who aim for the top, it's the ones who aim for two notches below the top.

Whatever you think rigor looks like, you should go up a few notches.

I started out in Scotland, not as a footballer of any note, and I didn't play to draw the attention of people abroad.

Tennis parents and stage mothers should take note. The kid has got to want to do it, not just to please the parent, but for himself.

I have a notebook that is filled to the brim with my dreams and ideas and goals and aspirations.

As long as I can sing and hit the notes, I want to do that.

My mum sent me to an open audition for 'Notes On A Scandal' so I could see quite how many other girls wanted to do this. And I queued up, and I got the job. That was my first-ever audition, and my second was 'Atonement.'

My message is just showing people how I came from nothing.

For me, nothing is impossible.

I have no limits. There is no 'No' in my dictionary; nothing is impossible for me.

I've always known that I wanted to be different. I wanted to stand out, so my gear is very elaborate, very blingy, very loud, because I want people to notice me, want to look like me. The Boss necklace, the ring. I want everything big.

Who else is willing to fight Woodley at six weeks' notice? Nobody. That's why it's come to me. But I will dethrone the champion and start a new era. I'll be an active champion, so they can all get in line.

If things are destined to happen, big directors will notice me and work will come my way.

If you got the talent and the drive, there are ways to get noticed.

I really only had one audition in my life, and that was when I was 14 or 15. When I was that young, I listened to what my teachers would say, like wearing a certain kind of leotard that you'll be noticed in.

When I was, like, 18, that's when I started to really take my own craft seriously and just noticed people were enjoying it. And when I put out my first mixtape, that's when I realized I could make this a career.

I've always been one to kind of, I've always wanted to be the guy. I watched, my favorite player growing up was LeBron. One thing I noticed with him was, it's always on him at the end of the game.

I want to be just like Michael Jordan. Chicago greats get noticed around the city. People have a lot of respect for them. I look up to those guys a lot. I want to be part of that family.

There is a fundamental notion at the core of American identity that, in this country, any little boy or girl can grow up to be president.

I had this notion that maybe I wanted to be an actor... I thought it might be a neat career. I thought if I was going to try that, I should shoot for the best, and I auditioned for Julliard.

I think that somehow I got the notion that I had to be successful, to be the best in the world.