Quotes About Ambition

I originally wanted to be a pop star. I wanted to be Kylie Minogue. My dad thought that was a very silly ambition and introduced me to drama classes. Once I became fixated on that, there was no stopping me.

Once I finished 'Eileen,' I wanted to write more novels. I don't see myself stopping any time soon.

Just continue what you are doing. You should have no hesitation, no stopping - just keep on going to the next level.

He was a champion, and if he can be a champion, then what's stopping me from going for the championship as well? Rey has definitely shown people that there's nothing that can stop you if you can push through.

I can't ever see myself stopping DJing or producing.

I was gonna be an actor and no one was stopping me.

I had my first flower stall when I was seven, at the end of the drive in Minehead, Somerset. Nobody was stopping so I moved it to my neighbour's drive, because I thought: 'Location, location, location.' It worked.

You've got to dream. You've got to believe, that's what I've done all my life. I'm rolling with it at the minute. It seems like it's not stopping. Who knows where it will end?

I'm my biggest problem; I'm the thing that stops me most from doing what I need to do to be successful or to achieve success in whatever area of life.

When you do everything you can to be an F1 driver and suddenly it stops, it's not painful but it's definitely not something you were looking for.

You know, I'm trying to chase rings, and that's all I'm about. So that's where the conversation stops for me.

The Blonde Salad never stops!

As a racing driver, everything you do is to get to Formula 1 and one day it stops.

So far, my goals stops at making an Olympic team, and then if that happens, then I'll jot down more goals.

I'm interested in what stops people getting what they want.

When it's your own name that is the business, the business never stops.

But I do love working for Boris because he never stops. He's always fizzing with good ideas, and when you are looking after culture, that is important. He's quite ambitious for London.

I try to make sure that my disability never stops me from doing what I want to do.

And I always was getting fired and quitting jobs, so I was not going to ruin Public Storage, and I was excited about Public Storage because I knew eventually I could be one of those property manager people that had their own apartment on site. So I had these big dreams for Public Storage.

I went downtown as a lawyer and then I worked in a liquor store at night, as I had done all through law school. And so when I got to the point where I could give up the night job, I joined the political club.

I always knew I'd be in music in some sort of capacity. I didn't know if I'd be successful at it, but I knew I'd be doing something in it. Maybe get a job in a record store. Maybe even play in a band. I never got into this to be a star.

My father was placid and easygoing. He owned a small shoe store where I helped out on Saturdays. I think he'd have been pleased if I'd made a career of working in the shoe store. But my mother was ambitious. She encouraged us to read books, and she pushed us toward a musical education.

I worked at a hot dog place, a bagel place, the Jersey Store and the hottest fashion joint around. I was getting too famous to work there anymore. I was almost showing up as a joke. I made $2,000 on my show the previous night and I'm going to go shopping during my five-hour shift.

I just showed up at the Comedy Store. You keep showing up, and you keep showing up, and eventually, somebody notices.