Quotes About Ambition

So if I get pegged as a bikini girl, that's fine, and that can still translate into acting or other areas. But, no, I don't wanna be doing bikini shoots my whole life.

That's life when you're on the D-list.

When I made coffee and Xeroxed and distributed newspapers at ABC News, I thought my life was over.

It is enough that we set out to mold the motley stuff of life into some form of our own choosing; when we do, the performance is itself the wage.

To succeed in life one needs two things -- influence and a lucky star.

The indefatigable pursuit of an unattainable perfection -even though nothing more than the pounding of an old piano -is what alone gives a meaning to our life on this unavailing star.

I want more out of life than I've gotten.

The baseball held was my fantasy of what life offered.

I had this vivid image of myself at the age of 60 looking back on my life and truly regretting the fact that I hadn't tried to be an actor

I'm incredibly focused. I think it's a blessing and a curse. I'm so driven that nothing else can stand in my way. For many years, I didn't have a personal life.

There must be a goal at every stage of life! There must be a goal!

I just want to go for it. In every aspect of my life and careers, I just want to give it all I have.

And also I didn't want my future to be just sitting in a room and be imprisoned in my four walls and just cooking and giving birth to children. I didn't want to see my life in that way.

I believe that people who don't achieve anything in life are isolated and resent those that are successful.

Think of the most amazing thing you could possibly do with your life. Then say out loud, 'YES.'

Daily life is the enemy of greatness.

I say you ought to write out 10 outrageous goals that are bigger than you because your life isn't meaningful or important unless you're on purpose about something way bigger than you are.

My goal in life was to pursue the good life.

I don't think the Hollywood community is interested in what I can do. That's all right. I've never looked for a job in my life, and I'm not going to start now. I have plenty to keep me busy.

I'd never make a film that I am not passionate about. My whole life, I've only made the films I wanted to make, even when I had limited means.

My parents' biggest thing was that they just wanted me to graduate high school and go to college. They couldn't fathom me acting for the rest of my life.

One's life and passion may be elsewhere, but New York is where you prove if what you think in theory makes sense in life.

I worked for Microsoft until 1996, till I had a different angle to view life. I wanted to be an entrepreneur and control my own destiny.

The closer you get to your dream, the more your personal legend becomes your real reason for living.