Quotes About Pursuit

Work is its own best earthly meed, Else have we none more than the sea-born throng Who wrought those marvellous isles that bloom afar.

That's the strategy that myself and my party have pursued and are pursuing.

But my strength was in singing and songwriting, which was a new discovery for me when I was 18. And I decided if I pursued songwriting, which is what was closest to my heart, then there would be no competition. I would just live my life being myself and living my dream.

At our house we have come to conclude that building and strengthening character will require extreme measures and the intentional pursuit of gritty work experiences.

I made numerous attempts to find a way to do it all, to be a creative singer, songwriter, producer, and to be the mother, daughter, sister, lover, wife. And the thing about music is, with me, that she's a harsh mistress. She does not come to me in the midst of stress.

I started my acting career at around when I was getting stressed from my singing career.

Most people don't get the chance to do whatever their dream in life was. I have ended up doing exactly what I wanted to do and it has been more enjoyable, challenging, stretching and fulfilling than I would have dared to imagine.

I never try to pander to an audience, and I'm really not concerned with my image. I'm far more interested in stretching my abilities as an actor.

When I left the house to become an actress, my mother literally flung her body across the door and said, 'You're killing me!' It was a very strict household. That can be okay, but there was also no nourishment, either.

You have to strike while the iron is hot. You have to take downtime to see friends and family, but my passion is acting: pursuing those scary, challenging characters and working with passionate people.

Directing is like meeting a woman. You don't know her, but something strikes you, and then you just have to go into it.

None of us are perfect, but the truth is important and it is something we should all strive for.

I don't know if I'm striving for anything that I can put into words.

Our salvation is in striving to achieve what we know we'll never achieve.

The second fundamental feature of culture is that all culture has an element of striving.

From flying in the cockpit of an A-10 to chairing hearings on Capitol Hill, I've learned that each of us will face struggles as we pursue our goals.

Struggling at anything that you want to be doing is hard.

It's no fun to be a struggling young actor. It's a desperate thing, no way to be happy. If you have any alternative, you should take it.

I do a little of several things like writing, teaching and political organizing, but none of them as well as I would like.

I always wanted to live here in America and originally moved to Los Angeles to study acting.

I originally wanted to be a ballet dancer and trained for years, but when I was around 18, I realized I wasn't going to be as good a ballet dancer as I'd hoped I'd be and decided to become an actress instead.

I've always wanted to work in entertainment. My family moved to Orlando when I was 15 so I could make it.

I feel like I had as normal a childhood as anyone, but it had a certain focus. Maybe other kids focused on sports.

We are all trying to achieve our dreams.