Quotes About Ambition

I prepared to be president. And I think that's a good thing.

This is NOT a pretty good business. You cannot be pretty good and be a national headliner. That becomes the allure.

I don't know if I was a star. I was certainly working a lot and that was strange because there were good things about it and things that were difficult.

From a very young age my mother persuaded me that I could write for fun, but I had to have a proper job - very good advice.

I tried to make the best music that I could possibly make, and then nothing was ever good enough.

I just want to make good films on my own wherever I can.

I guess this year I'm going to find out if I'm good enough or not. If I'm not, I don't care. I'll do something else, it's not a biggie.

New York City is a fascinating place because it's very good at using the energy in attracting some of the best and the brightest from everywhere.

I'd just like to be good at sports. I'm extremely competitive with absolutely nothing to back it up.

I always thought I could do a good job coaching, but the opportunities have not presented themselves.

I make a good living and I've never looked at myself as being an artiste.

Acting was something that just came along. But I made good money, so it wasn't something I was just going to put aside and pretend it didn't exist.

We've all made mistakes that are similar in just trying to get by or make some money or feel good about ourselves.

Things are looking up, and hopefully, I will be doing good roles in both Hollywood and Bollywood.

I'll never be a good writer, and no chance of being a good actor.

I really wanted to be a dancer, but I just wasn't good enough to do that so that didn't happen.

Fame and fortune should never get in front of your passion. The passion will generate the fame and fortune, if you're good enough.

I realized that the only way to get into a good college was to be valedictorian or salutatorian. So that was my goal.

I know that good things will happen for me if I keep working hard.

You don't have to go out and party every night. You can act because it's your dream.

If my vision was good enough, I'd be an astronaut.

Bill Clinton was a very, very good speaker. But like many people who are great speakers and great thinkers and have a lot of energy and ambition, he talked too much.

Don't let doing enough be good enough.

I started to repeat to myself "If I'm not where I want to be, it's because I'm not good enough... yet." Which meant it was up to me.