Quotes About Ambition

When I was 11, I decided that music was what I wanted to pursue as a career.

I moved here to California when I was 13 to pursue my acting career.

Because I gave myself - I left school after the second semester of my junior year to pursue a career in music. and I gave myself five years to make it and I made it in three.

I'm coming up on 30. There are other things that I want to pursue outside of just performing.

I just think it's growth when you pursue something you're not sure you can do.

When I was 14, I decided that I really wanted to pursue polo more, so I asked my parents if it would be okay for me to go live on a farm outside the city so I could play.

I kind of always wanted to act, but to get a grant I would have needed two A-levels, and I was too far away from even O levels. I didn't know you could get a scholarship, so I determined early not to pursue that.

It often happens that the man who pursues the dollar too diligently finds it hard to catch, but if he will pursue some other and better goal, dollars come around to see what sort of fellow he is.

As a kid, I used to sing, dance, I was into dramatics. I would love to pursue being an actor, but not as such as a hero.

I want to pursue music in the future, but I'm taking it a step at a time and making sure I'm constantly growing.

Because everybody always encouraged me to sing, I assumed that I wasn't bad at it. It felt like it was obvious what I was going to pursue. I thought I was good for as long as I can remember.

I didn't go to graduate school, where all the important writers seemed to be getting their start. I didn't pursue getting published in literary magazines. I didn't even send out countless pitch letters and manuscripts to agents.

Music is definitely something that I'd like to pursue. It's probably, I mean, the acting and music are the two biggest things in my life.

Women can achieve power and purpose in whatever profession they pursue, position they hold or whether they are caring for their children full time.

The time I spent in New York when I was 17 gave me the confidence to pursue my dreams with my whole heart.

I want to pursue a career in film.

When I was 15, my mom and I packed everything up and moved to Nashville so I could pursue my dream in music.

I don't want to sacrifice my life, as I feel that I'm still very selfish and still want to pursue my dreams.

I might even pursue a career in politics. If I do, I will have had great practice dealing with the avalanche of daily criticism from working at Fox News and being a former Miss America. I'm ready for anything!

I think what I most admired about my father was his extraordinary courage. He had such energy to pursue whatever he wanted, and he really didn't care what others thought.

If there is something that you are passionate about, you don't have to wait to try and pursue that dream.

I learned to really pursue things I really wanted. If it is just for the money, that's not going to work out. You have to like it.

The advice I give young people is that you have to pursue something, and you have to have fun along the way.

I'd moved to New York to pursue a career in theatre, and it's very practical how you do it - I just went to every open call going.