Gauri Khan Quotes

I now don't mind if people know about my modelling because I don't feel like it really matters. I feel like I have proved myself as an actress, to some degree.

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. How far I shall succeed in gratifying this ambition is yet to be developed.

My goal in life is to enjoy what I do, and never to look back and say I wish I would have done that, and to go to UCLA, and to become someone great in life!

I don’t care what you say about me, as long as you say something about me, and as long as you spell my name right.

We are not what we are, nor do we treat or esteem each other for such, but for what we are capable of being.

What I've been doing over the course of my career - everybody's been seeing me be my best self.

We all have goals: We want to matter. We want to be important. We want to have freedom and power to pursue our creative work. We want respect from our peers and recognition for our accomplishments. Not out of vanity or selfishness, but of an earnest desire to fulfill our personal potential.

In my mind, I always felt like I was worthy. I really felt like, with my career and just the way I did it, it was Hall of Fame-worthy.

I've never really minded being Mrs. Robbie Williams because my ego is relatively small, but it is really nice now that people know there is something else there besides that.

When I was 12, all I wanted was to be good at school, and to do something admirable, something you can't take away from me because I'm not popular or beautiful enough.

For me, life isn't about being recognized or having everyone know who I am. That's not why I'm here. To me, my foundation is the most important thing I do or have ever done. That's what my life is about.

I wish I could just relax sometimes and make some money, but I always feel like I have to prove some kind of big, profound point.

Everybody wants to be somebody; nobody wants to grow.

For me, I don't feel it is a success in the career to be the pretty woman; career success comes from being characters who tell us something about the truth.

I have made as much out of myself as could be made of the stuff, and no man should require more.

Very early on, you figure out that you put your self-esteem in the hands of strangers. There's a different commodity. There's the Helena Bonham Carter that everyone thinks they know, who really has nothing to do with me. But you just have to let that go.

I have an idea of who I want to be, I have a vision of my own success.

Man shall find his anchorage in self-recognition.

I wanted to earn a living wage and to see something nice about me in the 'New York Times.' I wanted my mother to be proud. I wanted all the things you want and also feel silly for wanting. I wanted readers to say they'd enjoyed something of mine - to see my photo in magazines where I'd seen photos of other writers.

The most important thing to strive for in life is some kind of personal and professional achievement. Not as a man or a woman, but as a person.

I was neither good in sports nor at studies, but I always wanted to stand out and be noticed.

I once wanted to prove myself by being a great actress. Now I want to prove that I'm a person. Then maybe I'll be a great actress.

I don't need to be wildly famous for my life to make sense.

People recognize me - but if you've been in the public eye as long as I have and people don't recognize you, I feel bad about myself.

Success is not in what you have, but who you are.