Sebastian Stan Quotes

We work to become, not to acquire.

I have a motto: Work to become, not to acquire.

Ambition is to be the fastest runner on this planet, to be the first on the South Pole, which is a grotesque perversion of ambition. It's an ego trip, and I'm not on an ego trip. I don't have ambitions - I have a vision.

The hardest thing to have is success, because it seems to tell people what you are. But it doesn't.

I'd like to be known as something more than a girl who goes to lunch with her girl friends and goes shopping.

My pastor said, Just because you were a celebrity doesn't mean you're supposed to be a celebrity now.

The achiever is the only individual who is truly alive.

A creative man is motivated by the desire to achieve, not by the desire to beat others.

I'm known as a winner now.

And I don't think that success is going to destroy me at this point in my life, like I used to think.

'Seconds' is very much about reaching out for the next thing after you've figured out the first thing.

I had no ambition to make a fortune. Mere money-making has never been my goal, I had an ambition to build.

Life is an operation which is done in a forward direction. One lives toward the future, because to live consists inexorably in doing, in each individual life making itself.

When I left for college, I told myself that this was a chance for reinvention. No one on the other side of the country knew that I was an introvert, so maybe if I tried not acting like an introvert, I wouldn't be one.

People have always wanted to be recognized, and that's human nature. But people used to want to be recognized for their accomplishments, and now they simply want to be visible.

I think every child actor has that moment where they're like, 'OK, I'm not the same person that I was, and you guys need to see me as something different.'

As soon as you do something successfully, you're going to be known for that, and it's up to you to sort of move the needle again.

There's always going to be people that say you're a sellout - anyone who knew you back when or who wants to begrudge you for having success. That's OK. Their opinion of me, and the box they want to put me in, is just simply none of my business.

It's amazing that people were talking about me as a future leader back in 2011.

I always wanted to prove myself. I think I naturally can't help but want to do something and push the boundaries.

People always say that I'm just a beautiful face. So immediately, I knew what I wanted. I wanted to be recognized to be more than that.

I want to show people that I'm not what everybody thought I was.

Do something great that you really believe is great.

Invent yourself and then reinvent yourself.

Success is not a resting-place - it is a launching pad.