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Quotes About Ambition

Opportunity is often dressed up in work clothes.
~ Croft M. Pentz
Harrison Ford was pretty content as a carpenter who thought it would be nice to work on TV and ended up being the biggest film star in the history of cinema.
~ Dirk Benedict
The filmmakers who I'm pining to work for aren't ringing my phone off the hook.
~ Sean Astin
Remember there is no success without hard work.
~ Sophocles
My ambition is to not have to work any more. In 10 years I want to stop, and I want to be living with my family, taking care of my house. I want to be a housewife.
~ Paz Vega
The slave has but one master, the ambitious man has as many as there are persons whose aid may contribute to the advancement of his fortunes.
~ Jean de la Bruyere
That's why I work every day. Ev-er-y day. I want to knock people out.
~ Aaliyah
I wanted to acquire an education, work extremely hard and never deviate from my goal, to make it.
~ Taylor Caldwell
If we fix a goal and work towards it, then we are never just passing time.
~ Anna Neagle
People have always thought that I wasn't ambitious. They judged by appearances and were fooled. I was competitive. I wanted success and was willing to work for it.
~ Perry Como
I would have to say that I'm haunted. I'm haunted by everything that drives me. I want to do great work. I need to do great work. I won't be satisfied unless I do great work.
~ Lemon Andersen
I have the desire to work as an actress, but I have no ambition to be a star.
~ Ally Sheedy
No person who is enthusiastic about his work has anything to fear from life. All the opportunities in the world are waiting to be grasped by people who are in love with what they're doing.
~ Samuel Goldwyn
No matter how big the glam squad, or how dramatic the dress, sometimes things just don't work out.
~ Jennifer Hudson
My brother applied for work, but was told by the company that it had more employees than it needed. My brother said, "Don't worry. The little bit of work I do won't be noticed !!!"
~ Milton Berle
We work for that part of our vision which is uncompleted.
~ Frederick Sommer
I've never been in this business for the recognition or the awards. I just want to do good work, grab a decent paycheck, and move onto the next job.
~ William Petersen
Before I go to work, I like to pump myself up by crying over my master's degree.
~ Jenna Marbles
I can't die now, I have so much work to do.
~ John Gresham Machen
I actually wanted to be an exotic dancer, but that didn't work out so I thought I'd take on acting.
~ Sasha Alexander
In a very real sense, it will not be one man going to the moon it will be an entire nation. For all of us must work to put him there.
~ John F. Kennedy
Women need opportunity and encouragement. If a girl can climb mountains, she can do anything positive within her field of work.
~ Samina Baig
I had wanted to write Ghost Country for a long time, but it wouldn't work.
~ Sara Paretsky
Some people say I'm a dreamer, others say, 'If you fall asleep at work again we're going to have to let you go'.
~ Si Robertson