Quotes About Ambition

The preserve of ambition and folly in pursuit of illusion, or delusion.

If I grew up in 'da hood,' it would make my story so much more interesting - if I had something to escape from. I had a pretty good life. My parents weren't rich; they weren't poor. I wasn't trying to escape from anything. It was always just the pursuit of something cooler.

I have not been aggressive in my pursuit of being a star. I've never had a plan. Maybe I need to be more aggressive, because it's quite tough!

I'm from a generation of women that shattered the glass ceiling. We didn't wait for doors to open. The lesson I learned is that you need to open some doors for yourself in pursuit of career advancement.

I had a pursuit different from others because they all came from downtown areas with money, but I didn't have any. All I wanted is to change my destiny with my own efforts.

I have always been drawn to male-dominated industries and adrenaline-filled pursuits.

If you're competing right, if you're doing it right, competition should be a very selfish pursuit.

There are no ethical boundaries to Beijing's pursuit of power.

There needs to be a ruthlessness in the pursuit otherwise the first sign of a challenge and you just give up!

I think it's important to know what you want to do and push forth with it.

I'm always looking forward, and I try to continue to push myself and to do the best that I can.

As an entrepreneur, I try to push the limits. Pedal to the metal.

It's just like, we know how to push ourselves to the max.

I'm in the business to push it. I'm not likely to be attracted to characters I've already done.

If you ever want to get anywhere in life, you're going to have to push it, and somebody's going to push you to get there. End of story.

I'm in competition only with myself, and I always want to push the envelope.

I'm competitive with myself. I always try to push past my own borders.

That's what we want to do here at Johnson Space Center. I think what we have always brought to NASA and brought to the country is trying to push the boundaries, trying to go to the next level.

I'm very independent, creatively, always trying to push myself - and I think that comes from my mother.

No experience is necessary to push yourself past what you think you can do.

You can do anything if you set goals. You just have to push yourself.

If you don't push yourself to the limit, no one else will do it for you.

I think its naive to think you can push yourself as hard as someone else can push you, but I work really hard on my own. I know my body.

I guess I've always wanted to push the boundaries as an actor.