Quotes About Ambition

When you work really hard for something for a long time it's almost impossible to believe that it's coming true.

I'm a big believer in being an entrepreneur. It's easy for me to say because I work for myself and I am someone who likes that process. You have control over your destiny.

I don't want people to say I'm a solid quarterback. I want to be the best, and I'll continually work until I get there.

You can make five massive hits in a row and still not get cast by the directors who you want to work with doing little movies.

Destiny isn't immutable. You can change your fate. But I'd say the only way to do it is with hard, intelligent work and long-term dedication to a goal.

You work like hell to get yourself ahead in the business. You could go anywhere before, and suddenly you can't go anywhere. It's like being a cartoon character.

The only thing I ever wanted to do is never have to work a day in my life.

In terms of myself, I said from the very beginning that I wanted to work in the management of Citigroup and I didn't want to be a CEO, ... That's not what I want to do with myself at the moment.

The system is wrong where it rewards the lack of interest in work with money, so you don't have to work.

Hope looks good on paper. But what creates greatness is focus, dedication and hard work. Daily. Go do it. We deserve to see you fly in 2014.

I suppose I could collect my books and get on back to school, or steal my Daddy's cue and make a living out of playing pool.

It is a privilege for me to serve the NFL. It is the only place I have ever wanted to work.

You have to work to carve out your own little corner, and I'm certainly smacking my head against the wall trying to make a dent. I just hope I don't get brain-damaged before I get there

It is important for you to know who you are and who you may become. It is more important than what you do, even as vital as your work is and will be.

I put all of my time into art because I couldn't go back to Jersey and work at Starbucks.

And I think more than anything else, I know when I go to bed that no one's working harder doing what I'm doing, and I think, quite frankly, simply that hard work at some point was gonna pay off.

I learned that if you want to get somewhere, you just make up your mind and work like hell til you get there.

I want to work for a long, long time and keep growing in my work, and if I am very lucky and very blessed, maybe somewhere along the line there will be one movie in there that becomes a classic.

My father thought I would lead a simple life; that I was bright but unambitious, complacant with whatever work life threw at me. My father, as usual, was wrong.

I would rather work less and do the things that I really want to do.

I would like to look back on my body of work and be proud of each record in its own right, but as a whole, I want to continue to grow and move forward.

Whatever you can think, you can create; just have a very clear vision... Once you have your snapshot, work on filling in the blanks to get to that place.

I knew that I wanted to start my own business. I knew that I wanted to work for myself. I was no stranger to the word no. You just have to keep going.

I think when you work with really wonderful directors who have a really strong vision, it lets you as an artist set the tone for your own career.