Toni Braxton Quotes

When you're in college, you really don't know where you're going to end up, but you know who you want to be along that journey.

I knew from a young age what I wanted to do, but that's not the case for everyone. Some go through different paths to reach their destination.

Undergrad, for me, in college was really about, you know, how do I become a professional. But business school, for me, was how do I become the person that I'm meant to be.

At a certain age it just became apparent to me that this was probably the work that I would have to do.

I loved my boarding school, but I didn't know what I wanted to do. I didn't have a career.

I'm turning 22, so I want to start getting into work that reflects where I'm at in life now.

People go to college to find who they are as a person and find what they want to do in life, and I kind of already know that so it would be like I'd be taking a step back or something.

I just don't want to be rapping forever. I love it, but sometimes you got goals for yourself.

There was a period when I'd just come out of college where I'd been playing classical guitar and I suddenly realised that it wasn't what I wanted to do with the rest of my life.

I really wanted to be a doctor, until my freshman year of college when I realized that while I was good at chemistry and biology, I really wasn't feeling challenged by it.

At 27 or so I thought, you know, I actually do really want to make money and have a proper life, and I don't want to be a loser. I know! I'll go to university and get a proper degree and maybe get a job in media... I went and did an English degree.

I started a French degree at university, but packed it in when I realised I really wanted to be an actor.

I think being in the city is the perfect way to figure out what I want to do.

In my mid-twenties, I was with a conducting career, but I had never been to university and I wanted to. There were things I wanted to study in depth. I also wanted to see if I could survive without music.

I don't think I would have made for a good doctor. It was not meant to be, and it took me a long time to realize that.

Lot of people know very early what they want, but I didn't know I wanted acting.

I did a law degree but was miserable the whole time. I was supposed to join a law firm in London but instead went to Oxford to do a master's in philosophy.

I was never really sure what I wanted to do - I'm in awe of these people who knew at age 10 or 12 they wanted to be a brain surgeon, and they did it, and they still are.

I was in college, and very disappointed. I majored in commercial art and interior design for three or four years. At that time, it seemed the thing I really wanted to do, production design, just wasn't available in the U.K., so I turned to music.

You dream what you're supposed to do.

In 10 years, I don't really know what I'll be, and I like not having any idea. I like the idea of being so passionate about everything I do and the fact that I might wake up tomorrow and say 'I want to be a chef,' and just pour myself into that.

When I was 20 years old, I had no plans to ever be a filmmaker.

It was easy for me to leave acting for school, because I wasn't really in it as an adolescent for fulfilling reasons.

Discovering your purpose doesn't have to be complicated. Look at what you do and why you do it. Is it to support your family? That's your purpose. Is it to make a difference in your customer's life? That's your purpose.

I'm just focused on exploring new opportunities.