Zawe Ashton Quotes

I think young folks have a good sense of what they want to do.

When I was younger, I had big visions of changing the world.

What do you want? What do you want your life to be? What do you want your testimony to be? Go for it!

As a young girl, there are pressures that come with any career, but I decided when I got into this I didn't want to be perfect.

Even when I was starting out, I knew there were certain things that I didn't want to do or wanted to do.

I knew I was ambitious; I knew I was passionate and that I wanted to change the world in some shape or form, but I had no idea what that might look like.

I didn't really know what I wanted to do, but I knew the woman I wanted to become.

There are so many things I want to do! Some are personal. Some are professional.

Life is very short... but I would like to live four times and if I could, I would set out to do no other things than I am seeking now to do.

If you were to ask me what I want to do - I don't want to be a celebrity, I want to make a difference.

I don't have goals in life.

I knew what I wanted to do even when I was a little girl.

You're going to change the world? Well, go ahead and try. You'll give it up at a certain point and change yourself instead.

To not pursue the thing one wants would be a waste of one's life.

You're supposed to be using your gifts and fulfilling your dreams, at every age.

I've always felt I want to be of service to the world somehow. I haven't yet figured out how to do it, and I may never figure out how to do it.

You dream what you're supposed to do.

I want to do really good things with my life.

You know, I'm still deciding what I'm going to be when I grow up.

I was nine years old when I made up my mind that that was what I definitely wanted to do.

The NFL is my goal, not my dream. My dream is to have an impact on people.

Bernard and I intend doing a lot with our lives and that includes actively helping other people. But how can we tell you our plans when we haven't finished making them yet?

Kids are always asked, What are you going to be when you grow up? I needed an answer. So instead of saying, a fireman, or a policeman, I said, a reporter.

I read somewhere once that you could be whatever you wanted. As long as I could remember, I was determined to make my way in the big world. And that meant New York.

I definitely wanted to earn my freedom. But the primary motivation wasn't making money, but making an impact.