Quotes About Ambition

man should be his own ideal and champion, however long it takes him to arrive there.

As Bonaparte would sigh centuries later, it takes very few defeats to unmake a self-made man.

Then I was working in a store in Newark, New Jersey, and I saw an actor in person, and I got so excited. My whole day changed. That's when I decided to challenge myself to make my dreams become a reality.

I was watching TV at age 9 or 10, and my mom said that I came from the front room and I told her that I want to act. And she said if you want to do this at 18, then you can. It was a very simple story, yet, I do not even remember the conversation that I had with my mother. Until she reminded me of the story many years later.

As for myself, I have found my perfect pattern in Jesus, who said, "The Father has not left Me alone, for I always do those things that please Him." I am no longer motivated by personal ambition. I have discovered a sweeter, purer motive: simply to please my Father.

the mantra of 'you can be anything' creates more pain than pleasure.

Plan for success; prepare for failure. And the universe doesn't care either way.

All of my dreams or hunted by nightmares; yet I have boundless visions that are worth millions. -MillYentei

Hey! To those who can still see and think clearly for themselves. You all better quit letting disapproving ordinary individuals tell you that you have to be a certain age to make wealth by creating your own music. -MillYentei

The impression forces itself upon one that men measure by false standards, that everyone seeks power, success, riches for himself, and admires others who attain them, while undervaluing the truly precious thing in life.

If you keep thinking about what you want to do or what you hope will happen, you don't do it, and it won't happen.

It is ironical that for all the value we give to the rational, life is primarily governed by the irrational. Love is not rational. Sorrow is not rational. Hatred, ambition, rage and greed are irrational. Even ethics, morals and aesthetics are not rational. They depend on values and standards which are ultimately subjective.

From imagination comes our vision of the world, our vision of our future, and most importantly our vision of ourselves, who we are and what we want to be.

man the master of his own destiny and the creator of his own desires,

it is Hanuman who sees his work as an exercise to discover what he is capable of becoming while Valmiki sees his work as a beacon to gather fame, attention and validation.

It is ironical that for all the value we give to the rational, life is primarily governed by the irrational. Love is not rational. Sorrow is not rational. Hatred, ambition, rage and greed are irrational. Even ethics, morals and aesthetics are not rational. They depend on values and standards which are ultimately subjective. What is right, sacred and beautiful to one group of people need not be right, sacred and beautiful to another group of people.

Though nobleman, he can never be king. Though cowherd, he can always lead.

never let fear define who you are, and never let where you came from determine where you are going.

Don't ever let anyone steal your dreams.

he said that I was obviously really quick-witted and that I should try out for

I had the experience last year of directing my first feature while I had a 1-year-old son and while I was also pregnant, so I am now well aware of the difficulties women who are rearing children face when they're also trying to make headway in mainstream of film.

Juno: WOOOAH! ....Dreeeaaam BIG!

Goals are dreams with deadlines.

Dreams have the power to make real what the heart desires.