“I had no ambition when I was a kid other than to play guitar and get in a rock 'n' roll band. I don't really like to be the guy in the white suit at the front. Like in the Beatles, I was the one who kept quiet at the back and let the other egos be at the front.” PlayKidsGuyWhiteRocksFrontsQuietBandEgoAmbitionGuitarSuitsRock N Roll Author:George Harrison
“The Canadian kid who wants to grow up to be Prime Minister isn't thinking big, he is setting a limit to his ambitions rather early.” ThinkingWantBigsKidsGrowsGrowing UpLimitsAmbitionSettingSettingsMinistersPrimePrime MinisterThink Big Author:Mordecai Richler
“I had come to believe that I was not as clever as some other kids who were my friends. And yet I knew even then that I wanted to do something of an intellectual nature, and excel at it. I also realized that if I was going to succeed at all, it would be through hard work.” IfsBelieveHardWould BeKidsWantedHard WorkSucceedAmbitionIntellectualMy FriendsClever Author:Irving Sandler
“My biggest ambition over everything is to have kids. It feels great. I'd love a big family.” FeelsBigsKidsAmbitionBig Families Author:Rafe Spall
“When I was a kid, I had ambitions for being a television announcer, which was before television took off, you know, in the late 40s. And just through necessity, going out looking for work, I was starting to sing, and dance, and act, and I never expected to do that, nor to have any success at it at least.” KnowsKidsTelevisionAmbitionLateStartingExpectedGoing OutAnnouncersLooking For Work Author:Dick Van Dyke
“Even as a kid in drawing class, I had real ambition. I wanted to be the best in the class, but there was always some other feller who was better; so I thought, It cant be about being the best, it has to be about the drawing itself, what you do with it. Thats kind of stuck with me.” KindRealKidsWantedClassAmbitionDrawingStuckBeing The BestCant Author:Damien Hirst
“If you're willing to put in the work, the idea is that you should be able to raise a family and own a home, not go bankrupt because you got sick, 'cause you've got some health insurance that helps you deal with those difficult times; that you can send your kids to college; that you can put some money away for retirement. That's all most people want. Folks don't have unrealistic ambitions. They do believe that if they work hard, they should be able to achieve that small measure of an American dream.” PeopleIfsWantShouldBelieveIdeasHardHelpingHomeDreamKidsAbleCausesDifficultDealsAchieveCollegeWillingHard WorkAmbitionSickRaisesFolksRetirementAmerican DreamDifficult Times Author:Barack Obama
“My most important inspirational job that I do is raising those kids. That's my job. And that's where my ambition goes. But I have a life. I'm not only their mother. I'm still who I was before, I just don't get to be it all the time.” StillsImportantKidsJobsMotherAmbitionMy Ambition Author:Pat Benatar
“Ambition without knowledge is like a boat on dry land -movie - Karate kid"What is the calculus of innovation?" "The calculus of innovation is really quite simple: knowledge drives innovation, innovation drives productivity, productivity drives our economic growth."” KidsGrowthSimpleEconomicLandAmbitionInnovationProductivityBoatDryEconomic GrowthKarateCalculusDry Land Author:William R. Brody
“I think my mother had a lot of opportunity when she was a kid. She was a model, and she did a lot of things in her life, but she had no real ambition. I think my mother really did want a home and kids and all of that.” ThinkingWantRealHomeKidsMotherOpportunityAmbitionModels Author:Kim Basinger
“I used to envy kids who had an old-fashioned Grandpa. Not any more. I've got a new ambition. Now I just want to become a modern-type Grandpa myself-and really start living.” WantLifeArtKidsAgeUsedModernTypeAmbitionEnvyOld FashionedGrandpa Author:Hal Boyle
“We honor ambition, we reward greed, we celebrate materialism, we worship acquisitiveness, we commercialize art, we cherish success and then we bark at the young about the gentle arts of the spirit. The kids know that if we really valued learning, we would pay our teachers what we pay our lawyers and stockbrokers. If we valued art, we would not measure it by its capacity to produce profits. If we regarded literature as important, we would remove it from the celebrity sweepstakes and spend a little money on our libraries.” IfsKnowsLittlesArtImportantKidsYoungSpiritLiteraturePayTeacherProduceHonorAmbitionWorshipCapacityRewardsLibraryGreedProfitLawyerCelebrateGentleRemoveMaterialismCherishBarkLittle MoneyStockbrokersSweepstakes Author:Russell Baker
“It's hard to transport myself forward in time, and the scarcity of opportunity back then kind of fueled my ambition. But back in my day, every family I knew had a Super 8 camera, and that's what I first picked up. We adapt to the technology we have available. But for the kids of today, they can really make something great with what is available.” FirstsKindHardKidsTodayOpportunityTechnologyAmbitionCamerasAvailableTransportMy AmbitionScarcity Author:Todd Haynes
“The whole point of why I'm doing this is to show all kids, boys and girls, that women take up half the space and do half of the interesting things in the world and have half of the dreams and ambitions. Our slogan is, "If they see it, they can be it."” IfsWorldWholeShowsDreamKidsGirlSpaceInterestingHalfBoysAmbitionSlogansInteresting ThingsBoy And Girl Author:Geena Davis
“You may want to prove that you're worthy of other kids or neighbors who were wealthier than you and teased you. You may want to prove that you're worthy of high expectations. But I do think that there is a youthful ambition that very much has to do with making your mark in the world. And I think that cuts across the experiences of a lot of people who end up achieving something significant in their field.” PeopleThinkingWorldWantMayEndsKidsCuttingAchieveFieldsProveAmbitionExpectationsMarkWorthyNeighborSignificantHigh Expectations Author:Barack Obama
“You could analyze me and say that my father leaving and being absent was a motivator for early ambition, trying to prove myself to this apparition who had vanished. You could argue that me being a mixed kid in a place where there weren't a lot of black kids around might have spurred on my ambitions. You could go through a whole litany of things that sparked me wanting to do something important.” TryingImportantWholeMightKidsFatherBlackProveAmbitionLeavingArguingAbsentMy AmbitionProve MyselfApparitionsFather Leaving Author:Barack Obama
“As I got older, then my particular ambitions started cohering around creating a world in which people of different races or backgrounds or faiths can recognize each other's humanity, or creating a world in which every kid, regardless of their background, can strive and achieve and fulfill their potential.” PeopleWorldDifferentKidsHumanityRaceAchieveParticularAmbitionCreatingStriveBackgroundsDifferent Races Author:Barack Obama
“Emotionally, my ambition is not yet sated. Emotionally, I still feel like a kid at the adult's table, yearning for recognition. I'm not sure where this all comes from but it is how I feel.” FeelsStillsKidsAmbitionAdultsTablesRecognitionNot SureYearningMy AmbitionSated Author:Roxane Gay
“The amount of guilt you deal with as a parent is pretty profound. It's a constant balancing act. I'm an ambitious person, but when I became a father, ambition had a different hold on me. Providing for my kids was important, but the superficial ambition drifted away.” ImportantDifferentKidsFatherParentAmbitionGuiltProfoundAmbitiousSuperficial Author:Jim Gaffigan
“I'm inspired on a daily basis by my personal goals. I make it a habit to write down what it is that I want to accomplish. And I check that list. I keep myself accountable. My kids inspire me, of course. My ambition inspires me. I want to win at everything that I do in life. I understand that it takes hard work to reach my goals and I'm prepared to do it. My confidence comes from preparation. So I spend a lot of my time preparing.” WritingKidsWinningGoalInspireHard WorkHabitAmbitionInspiredAccomplishPreparationMy AmbitionPersonal Goal Author:Laila Ali
“I wanted to be the exception to the other kids, but in the right way. We have a lot of suffering in our part of the world, but that suffering is, in a way, a blessing. Obviously, I could not afford to go to school without a scholarship, so that meant I had to excel in order to get one.” WorldWayInspirationalKidsWantedSchoolPainSufferingOrderChallengesBlessingAmbitionExceptionRight WayScholarship Author:Talal Abu-Ghazaleh