#ambition

I wish I had a little more ambition. But then what would I do? Turn down more roles with more vehemence? Me no likey worky. ↗

— Ellen Barkin

#down #had #i #i do #i wish

Every man is said to have his peculiar ambition. Whether it be true or not, I can say for one that I have no other so great as that of being truly esteemed of my fellow men, by rendering myself worthy of their esteem. ↗

— Abraham Lincoln

#be true #being #esteem #esteemed #every

I had ambition not only to go farther than any man had ever been before, but as far as it was possible for a man to go. ↗

— Joseph Conrad

#any #as far as #been #before #ever

I’m not a very good sleeper. But you know what? I’m willing to put in a few extra hours every day to get better. That’s just the kind of hard worker I am. ↗

— Jarod Kintz

#ambitious #delusional #funny #hard-work #humor

I enjoy acting now more than I ever have. I've had lots of difficult times when I was younger, but that was all tied up with thwarted ambition. It's hard being a young actor, because you don't realise until later that it's only ever about doing the work. ↗

— Brian Cox

#acting #actor #ambition #because #being

We're not all nice, and there are a lot of levels of ambition and niceness. ↗

— Heather Donahue

#levels #lot #nice

I didn't have any ambition to produce big mainstream popcorn movies. ↗

— Jodie Foster

#any #big #i #mainstream #movies

To become Christ-like is the only thing in the whole world worth caring for, the thing before which every ambition of man is folly and all lower achievement vain. ↗

— Henry Drummond

#ambition #become #before #caring #every

Ambition is the path to success, persistence is the vehicle you arrive in. ↗

— William Eardley IV

#arrive #path #persistence #success #vehicle

Ambition has but one reward for all: A little power, a little transient fame; A grave to rest in, and a fading name! ↗

— Walter Savage Landor

#fading #fame #grave #little #name