Quotes About Ambition

'A reality shaped around your own desires' - there is something sociopathic in that ambition.

I've always had a desire to play a cop or FBI agent.

I never had a desire to leave mainstream Hollywood. And still don't think that I've left mainstream Hollywood.

I had a desire to do TV and wanted to get in, in the right way, knowing that I was going to learn a lot, along the way.

A desire to succeed in politics is propelled by these two seemingly contradictory forces, which frequently change places and sometimes coexist: to save others and to save oneself.

expectation isn't the same as desire

I certainly felt the desire to reach as many people as I could; I wanted to make the most of this opportunity, sure. But I wouldn't call it pressure the way we're thinking of it now.

A man must earnestly want.

I guess I've never really had a great desire to be a leading lady, or be seen as an ingenue.

All people have the common desire to be elevated in honour, but all people have something still more elevated in themselves without knowing it.

We don't have a desperate need to grow. We have a desperate desire to grow.

The desire for self-esteem without integrity is like the desire for wealth without effort-a longing for the unearned.

I had a very strong desire to be successful at something.

I get what I desire, it's my empire And yes I call the shots, I am the umpire

In the states we all have this idea, everyone who wants to be the next best singer, next best dancer. Those same wants and desires are in India, too.

There are two tragedies in life. One is not to get your heart's desire. The other is to get it.

Who does not desire such a victory by which we shall join places in our Kingdom, so far divided by nature, and for which we shall set up trophies in another conquered world?

Ambition is the immoderate desire for power.

The desire of gold is not for gold. It is for the means of freedom and benefit.

I don't want whatever I want. Nobody does. What kind of fun would it be if I just got everything I ever wanted?

Delicacy in shaping desires of any kind will help to reach excellence, but failure will bring disaster.

You can get what you want. You have to passionately seek the life you desire.

You will become as small as your controlling desire as great as you dominant aspiration.

The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be.