Quotes About Ambition

When I was signing up for the University of Southern California's music program, I flipped a coin to decide my major. If it came up heads, it would be flute - tails would be voice.

Keep a cool head and maintain a low profile. Never take the lead - but aim to do something big.

Take risks. Ask big questions. Don't be afraid to make mistakes; if you don't make mistakes, you're not reaching far enough.

If you have a dream, don't let anybody take it away, and always believe that the impossible is possible.

Having read the histories of other countries, I saw that expansion was everything, and that the world's surface being limited, the great object of present humanity should be to take as much of the world as it possibly could.

I take the bull by the horns and make a plan and go for it.

A #2 pencil and a dream can take you anywhere.

I don't think I made it clear where I was mentally when I appeared on 'X Factor.' There was so much pressure and a lot of judging. But I wanted to take a chance on the show because I wanted to make something of myself. 'X Factor' seemed like the only way out.

Success can allow you to try for greatness, can give you an opportunity to take a chance on something. I'm very blessed to have the success that I've had, and that's given me so many opportunities to work on being great.

You have no idea how many doors closed on me and how many adults were either initially reluctant to take a chance working with me or who outright laughed at me behind my back.

A lot of people in Hollywood, and everywhere pretty much, operate on fear. No one wants to get fired, so everyone's scared to take a chance. There's money involved, and there are careers and reputations on the line.

Successful people jump at opportunity and take advantage of it.

I want to support myself legally, and take advantage of the opportunities and organize and benefit from those choices.

I have a name, I have to take advantage of it.

It's in the American spirit to take advantage of an opportunity.

It takes a certain level of aspiration before one can take advantage of opportunities that are clearly offered.

Bill Bradley is a serious politician and if Al Gore stumbles seriously, then Bradley is there to take advantage of that.

I am so leading the life that I want and wanted and dreamed of as a kid. I'm trying very hard not to abuse it or take advantage of it.

You certainly know when you have an opportunity, and you want to take advantage of it. And it's certainly disappointing when you don't.

I'm working a lot. Keeping my head down and focusing and trying to take advantage of the opportunities that have come my way.

When you get to the big games you never know when you are going to be back so you've got to try as best as you can to take advantage of those opportunities.

You have to take advantage of every opportunity that you get and go hard.

If you choose to take care of yourself, you're going to get more mileage for your career.

I've set up my goals, and I go after them, and if I do that each day, the rest will take care of itself.