Quotes About Ambition

What I tell everyone, and I really do for myself is, I have a long-run dream, which is I want to work on stuff that I think matters.

I can get lazy. I don't think I'm a very driven person. When I have work, I work very hard. But when I don't work, I really don't do anything. I could easily just fade away.

I am ready to work, I am ready for this job and I am ready for this challenge. (on being Manchester City manager)

What makes me feel strong? Being in love and work. I must work.

You have to work hard for what you want to achieve and you have to set goals and dreams and really go for them.

The key to success? Work hard, stay focused and marry a Kennedy.

One who works for his own profit is likely to work hard. One who works for the use of others, without profit to himself, is likely not to work any harder than he must.

Pay attention to the work you want to do and everything'll work out fine. If you're in it for the ego, you might be successful but at a limited level.

My dad always told me that I could be anything I wanted, if I was willing to work hard enough to achieve it.

The only reason to go into business is to make money. You have to work hard at it. If you're not passionate about it, you'll burn out so fast that it is incredible.

You can go out and try to do the best work that you can do within the context of what that is, but it's really gotta be about the work and what you're focusing on.

There is a great difference between a young man looking for a situation and one looking for work.

Modeling isn't for the faint of heart, you have to really want it and work hard for it.

I work hard. I like to practice. I like to win. I want to be the best.

I didnt know what it was not to work hard as I grew up.

If I were born again, I would still be an industrialist. I complain because it's very hard work with no weekends, but I would still do it.

If you don't work hard, then you aren't going to have the success that you want. But if you work hard and dig in, then you are going to have the success that you want.

She died chasing greatness and never saw it each time it was in her hand, so she kept seeking it elsewhere, but never understood the work required to get it or to keep it.

The most unbearable thing about many successful people is not - as we flatteringly think - how lazy they are, but how hard they work.

I thought I would attend school and get an assistant position and work my way up but being in NY and seeing the pace of everything, is very inspiring.

It takes a lot of hard work to achieve your dreams, but nothing in life is easy. If it's something you really want, go after it!

I feel blessed to have an opportunity to try out for a second Olympics team and if it doesn't work out, hey I gave it my all.

You've got to believe in yourself, you've got to have a very clear vision, and you've got have the fire in the belly and go out and not be shy with working because it takes a lot of work.

When I came back to California in the early '60s I was hanging out with Jimmy Bowen, Phil Spector, and I wanted to be a record producer and work with other artists.