Quotes About Ambition

More men fail through lack of purpose than lack of talent.

Back home everyone said I didn't have any talent. They might be saying the same thing here but it sounds better in French.

I was driving in a car on my way to football practice, and I was listening to the radio, and they had one of those, like, art showcases, like, 'Do you want to be a star? Do you want to meet talent agents, managers, producers?' And I called in, and I drove 45 minutes to Salina, Kansas, to a Marriott hotel, and did a Twizzlers commercial audition.

My talent as a footballer was medium. But I had heart, a will to win, to work to overcome my limitations.

When you are an elite talent, you cannot allow anyone that comes into your 'eliteness' and take you down. You have to make them rise to your level.

Talent doesn't always equal success.

You have people that know they have the talent, but sometimes they get scared when success is in their face.

My biggest criticism is how can people be so easily satisfied? Even people with talent.

A first novel should be brash and ambitious, and announce the arrival of a new talent.

As a boy from Patna, I've always dreamt of a chance to showcase my talent.

There's this common perception that having a famous last name is all you need. A surname may get you a meeting, but if there's no talent you won't get the part.

There are many kids in and out of baseball who think that just because they have some natural talent, they have the world by the tail.

I prayed fervently for a series regular job on a show that had the perceived caliber of talent that '30 Rock' had.

That's why I've been working so hard, I believe in myself, believe that I've got talent.

Belief outweighs talent. Self-belief's got me everything, self-belief.

The only reason I got into movies was because I had no music talent.

My mother drilled into me the importance of hard work. She had good talent at school but did not have the money to attend. She left at nine years old and started working.

Palantir owes much of its success to the amazing talent of the first 30-40 technologists who joined the company, as well as to the internal leadership that helped motivate this core group to achieve its ambitious goals and to continue to attract extraordinary people.

I'm a classic example of what can happen if you follow your inner voice. I was cursed with interests and some talent in many different areas. It confuses people.

Talent alone is never enough.

I thought about going onto the first one, Pop Idol. My mum was saying, 'Go on!' But I decided not to. 'The X Factor,' though, doesn't really seem to be a show about musical talent anymore.

The ability to get ahead in an organization is simply another talent, like the ability to play chess, paint pictures, do coronary bypass operations or pick pockets.

People who sleep around to get roles are frail and scared and most likely without talent. It's their own little horror show that only they can deal with.

I was young and so eager to make some money as well as get exposed and show my talent.