Quotes About Ambition

Too poor for a bribe, and too proud to importune, he had not the method of making a fortune.

I never believe in going to America with my show reel and knocking on every agent's door. I couldn't even do it. I'm way too insecure and too proud.

I am proud to have started in the Champions League.

I'd be prouder still to say I was Canada's 10th woman prime minister.

You're constantly trying to prove yourself, even after you've made it.

I know what I need to work on, and I know what I need to prove and to show, and that's all that matters.

Every day, you have to prove yourself and convince - move forward and challenge yourself. And doubt all the time.

I'm never happy with my performances. I always want to prove more and more things.

I know people still have questions about me. They still have questions about Ole Miss, whether we belong. With that feeling, you keep a chip on your shoulder that you want to prove to people that we are the best.

I feel like I have something to prove. I'm just not this cool fashion kid that be around ASAP Rocky.

When I left for Chelsea, I wanted to prove that I could play in the Premier League, but it didn't happen the way I dreamed.

Service is a deceptively profound way to prove not only what you can do for the world, but what you can tell the world to expect from you and your ambitions.

I am ready to fight according to the rules, and I ask for the opportunity to prove myself.

I just feel like I have a lot to prove.

When I told my mother that I wanted to be an actress, she said, you can't live here and do that, and so I moved out. I was determined to prove her wrong because she was so sure that I was going to go astray. And that's the juice that kept me going.

No one's calling me for lawyer roles. I still have a lot to do to prove myself.

I have found that what drives me is the desire to prove, to myself and to my peers, that I can do what I set out to do and build something that matters.

Trying times will begin when I will take up my second film as that's when people will take me more seriously. I will have to prove myself too.

It's better to not prove yourself to anyone. Rather, focus on your work and prove yourself with your work.

I have a chip on my shoulder I pet every morning, a constant feeling like I have something to prove. Hearing that the canon can't be diversified, there's no room for more brown faces - that fueled my fire.

Basically, I want to prove to everybody that I can write music - good music.

I haven't done nothing in this league. Every day I come into practice or come into a game, I'm just trying to prove myself.

I think if you want to prove something to yourself and not fail there's only one choice and that's to work.

I didn't have any godfather in the industry and had to prove myself with each film.