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Quotes About Ambition

People who labor all their lives but have no purpose to direct every thought and impulse toward are wasting their time-even when hard at work.
~ Marcus Aurelius
Too many bands practice in their garage, play a couple of shows locally, and expect opportunities to appear from the sky. Bands have to push, work, grind, and struggle to make it happen on their own.
~ Mark Hoppus
When we accomplish a goal, it instantly loses some of its importance and we tend to lose interest. When we write down too many goals, there is plenty to keep our subconscious mind at work.
~ Mark Victor Hansen
Everything that is done in the world is done by hope. No merchant or tradesman would set himself to work if he did not hope to reap benefit thereby.
~ Martin Luther
My goal was always getting my work out in the world, and in many ways, I feel like the luckiest person alive.
~ Merrill Markoe
I've never been a social bunny. I thrive on work.
~ Michelle Ryan
I feel like the same person, but I feel as if I need to work twice as much now.
~ Miguel Cabrera
You can go far on hard work and big dreams, often a hell of a lot farther - and faster - than people with more education and experience.
~ Mike Michalowicz
I'm excited to doing more scoring work in the future.
~ Mike Shinoda
I am a strong Ukrainian girl, that is why I work a lot.
~ Milla Jovovich
If the right job came along, absolutely with bells on I would work in Sweden.
~ MyAnna Buring
I always had a lot of confidence in my work and the unique flavor I like to bring to my characters, but you know I'm not a huge dreamer.
~ Nick Offerman
I know right now she has no idea who I am, but I'd like to collaborate with Enya one day. Of course I'd love to work with Jay-Z, maybe even Phil Collins. I love his voice.
~ Nicki Minaj
I was able to work with the best musicians in Kansas City starting when I was really young
~ Pat Metheny
I would work as a cook, get a little money, then open another restaurant.
~ Paul Prudhomme
All of us are extremely competitive. We're kind of competitive with how we work on Radiohead stuff. Having said that, there's also a lot of support.
~ Unknown
You have to really believe in what you're doing, be passionate enough about it so that you will put in the hours and hard work that it takes to actually succeed there, and then you'll be successful.
~ Pierre Omidyar
I've always wanted to work with Warren Beatty.
~ Quentin Tarantino
he wanted to do, to be, to feel- and could not; he wanted sense, he wanted purpose- in Freud's words, 'Work and Love'.
~ Oliver Sacks
I love the market, it is my work, my play and my life.
~ Rene Rivkin
I'm not doing my work for constant success.
~ Rod Taylor
I like to work as little as possible to make the most money possible.
~ Scott Disick
There are so many people I would love to work with, like Al Pacino, Paul Newman, Gary Oldman - maybe Tom Cruise. I wanna play his brother in something - so call my agent!
~ Scott Wolf
Work is good when people are responsible, and in low-budget movies a lot of the actors don't want to be there. They're there to build a resume.
~ Sean Young