Quotes about Ambition

I'd be absolutely happy to go back and make a smaller picture. I never want my choices to be dictated by budget. That's one of the reasons why I take so much pride in being able to make films for $2 and a paper clip - because I can always get my hands on $2 and a paper clip. I never have to ask for permission for that.

There are plenty of smart people who get nowhere.

There are so many people who would like to see me not make it in Nashville. But that's good motivation.

Go confidently ... Live the life that you imagined.

I think it's a sin to sit down and let your life go without making a try for it.

There is no failure except in no longer trying.

Purpose is a desire for something in our own power, coupled with an investigation into its means.

Hope is a waking dream.

I have tried to keep on with my striving because this is the only hope I have of ever achieving anything worthwhile and lasting.

If you are not moving closer to what you want, you probably aren't doing enough asking. And you're probably not asking the single most important question that can help you achieve a higher level of success and personal fulfillment: How am I doing?

Throughout my 20s and early 30s, I had jobs that I loved. I worked in city government. I ran a youth organization. I served as an associate dean at a university. And I couldn't imagine how a baby would fit into all of that.

When I look into the future, it's so bright it burns my eyes.