Quotes About Ambition

Dreams get you into the future and add excitement to the present.

I actually began my career by convincing my parents to let me be an actress when I was 12 with a PowerPoint presentation describing acting and my goals.

I loved to sing my whole life, but it was never really - I don't even know how to say it. It was never presented to me as an actual career option.

I do not want my name to be presented to the public as an Indian, but as a pitcher.

The most creative people are motivated by the grandest of problems that are presented before them.

I'm thinking about directing, but I know it's a lot of work and I appreciate what directors do and I would like to be good at it. The opportunity has presented itself four to five times, and I usually said no because of the script.

I believe there is a shallow side to every actor, who craves to be presented well.

When I chose to come to Milan, I knew there would be another side to the medal from the one I saw the day I was presented here. The message the club were giving out was clear: this year is no joking matter.

I always wanted to be a 'Blue Peter' presenter when I grew up!

I went back to 'The X Factor' for one reason, because I wanted to have that full circle. It's where I started, and I went back as a presenter. And that's what I wanted and I got that.

My parents are very proud that I was a 'Blue Peter' presenter and of me going to Cambridge to do economics.

I just wanted to be a performer. I was ambitious. I couldn't sing and I couldn't act. I could dance a little. So what was there left for me to do? Television presenter. That was it.

I'd like to break some new ground, maybe in TV presenting, rather than just be an actress.

During a university gap year in Argentina I got a job presenting for MTV, and in my final year I was doing bits and pieces for them in London and at ITN. Then, when I graduated, MTV asked if I wanted to be a runner. I said: 'Absolutely!'

I used to dream about presenting a comedy show and also about directing films.

I want to do presenting, I love DJing, I love writing but none of it's a guaranteed job so it's still very scary.

I want to play in every match, score goals when the opportunity presents itself, and help players in good positions to also score goals.

I thought it completely absurd to mention my name in the same breath as the presidency.

You don't run for the presidency out of nostalgia.

I think that all politicians who aspire to the presidency are a little nuts, but for different reasons. What kind of person aspires to be the most powerful person in the world? The answer is someone with an internal drive that is so dynamic and so determined.

There is no basis to say I'm being coy about running for president. If I chose to explore the presidency, I wouldn't do it in a backward way. I'll say, 'I'm exploring the presidency.'

Mo Udall didn't want the presidency bad enough. He was too sane. He was a marvelous guy, but you had the feeling there was another Udall outside his body watching the candidate Udall who was too extravagant, telling him to cut it out.

Society leaders have urged me to seek the presidency.

Yes, Donald thinks big, which is especially important when considering the presidency of the United States. No room for small thinking. No room for small results. Donald gets things done.