Quotes About Ambition

I think we live in an age of self empowerment and possibilities, the only excuse to not do something is yourself.

I wanted to try something different. Most people my age go off to college; I thought I'd try out New York.

There's one thing I always wanted to do before I quit... Retire!

From a young age, my parents always told me and my sister how important it was as a girl to be more than just a pretty face and I think we've carried that message through out our lives.

The age which we live in is not suited to idle complacency or to pleasant dreams of past greatness.

No person is ever good for much, that hasn't been swept off their feet by enthusiasm between ages twenty and thirty

Why should we stunt our ambitions and impoverish our lives in order to be insulted and looked down upon in our old age?

Whereupon, at the tender age of thirteen, I set upon the path of playing nothing but hookers.

I remember being in Hollywood at the age of 16 and marveling at the stars. The idea of being part of it never entered my mind. It was too far-fetched.

Unless an age too late, or cold Climate, or years, damp my intended wing.

I was involved in music, acting, and some running, but my firm wish was to become a doctor. That was the formative age when I had decided on the pattern of my career.

I would say that my peak was making my first million at the ripe age of 29, after the first album.

I want to keel over on stage playing King Lear at age 99 or something like that.

I started writing songs at age 15.

I grew up like Athena — covered with playing cards instead of armor — and, at the age of seven, materialized on a TV show, doing magic.

From an early age, music was my only thing. You come from Detroit, you learn how to make the most of what you can do best.

At age 12 or 13, I wanted to design for showgirls - for the theater!

I discovered at an early age that all I've ever wanted to do is design.

Even though my father was a radio comedian, it wasn't cool to say, at a young age, 'I want to be a comedian.'

I decided I wanted to be a lawyer when I was 11 years of age.

I think that there shouldn't be an age limit to become a boss, so having that element is really important.

There's so many kids out there and it's such a cut-throat world. I've seen a lot of my mates, you know, who are better players than me at a certain age, and they're not in football now.

You don't make any money when you're my age. The stars get it all. That's a lie, actually.

Graduating at the age of 21 was a wonderful age to hopefully start a career.