Quotes About Ambition

Something inside of me just said 'Hey, wait a minute, I want to beat him,' and I just took off.

I'd tell my 20-year-old self, 'Don't be afraid to do it all. Whatever you're interested in, just go for it. Don't wait around for a better time.'

Don't wait for something big to occur. Start where you are, with what you have, and that will always lead you into something greater.

There is no secret to success except hard work and getting something indefinable which we call 'the breaks.' In order for a writer to succeed, I suggest three things - read and write - and wait.

I've got some advice for the young: If you've got anything you really want to do, don't wait until you're 93.

Don't sit around and wait for the opportunities to come. You have to get up and make those opportunities come.

We all want to make money and have a good life. But if your passion is writing, and you want to write a novel, I don't think you should sit in your home and wait for someone to give you the opportunity. You write it.

I can't wait until I'm able to afford really posh bags.

There's so much more I want to do. I refuse to get to 50 and wait at home for the phone to ring.

I was delighted to not go to university. I couldn't wait to be out of education.

I've been trying to do films for years. So I've decided to wait until the next good part comes along and develop a record on my own in the meantime.

I've been nominated twice before as actor in a leading part. Now I'm nominated as actor in a supporting part. If I don't win, I'll just wait until I'm nominated for being in the theater during the show. Do they have one like that?

I'm kinda mad that I had to wait 28 years to jump on a skateboard.

Don't wait for someone to call you up. You can do anything. You have all the possibilities in the world.

Don't wait for someone to tap you on the shoulder. Make your goals known and proactively develop relationships with those that can help get you there either in the form of mentors or sponsors.

I'm a big believer that, if you're good enough, then why wait around fighting a load of journeymen for a few years? If you're good enough, then step up.

I fantasized doing something like 'Wait, Wait.'

If you sit around and wait for things to happen, they're not going to happen the way you want.

Finally I'd found this way where I didn't need a record label; I didn't need to wait for some phone call to tell me, 'Go and do it'. It's like, I'm going to get up with a bag of CDs and an amp and my guitar and make it happen for myself. That was such a liberating feeling, and I think it was the start of everything.

As long as it was George Groves in the opposite corner with his world title, the date was irrelevant to me. I was prepared to wait as long as it took to get that fight for the world title.

My whole thing is I can't wait to inspire the next young fighters from my hometown.

If I had to wait around for somebody to pick me for lieutenant governor, I never would have been picked.

Why do we need to wait until somebody sells 10 million records to give people a show like that? What about us smaller, hungry folk? At least gimme a curtain!

I literally was saved by a role, from becoming a cab driver. I never did have to wait tables, though, so looking back I guess I had it pretty soft.