Rumer Godden Quotes

My mind's never gone very far away from what I wanted to accomplish.

I have a lot of ambition.

A desire presupposes the possibility of action to achieve it; action presupposes a goal which is worth achieving.

I am still full of ambition.

The starting point of all achievement is desire.

Ambition never comes to an end.

I have discovered in life that there are ways of getting almost anywhere you want to go, if you really want to go.

If you have a burning ambition and desire, absolutely anything can be achieved.

I want to do more and more; it provides me with an incentive.

The thing that has led me to the place that I am is that every moment in my life, I've been following my dream: following my dream to go to the University of Toronto, following my dream to get my Ph.D., following my dream to work in Hollywood.

I definitely have a lot of ambition.

Work hard for what you want in life.

Any goal you have, you just have to set it and never give up and always make sure that you always just follow your dreams.

All that matters is, how big do you want to dream, and how hard do you want to work?

You will never possess what you are unwilling to pursue.

All achievement, no matter what may be its nature, or its purpose, must begin with an intense, burning desire for something definite.

I've learned from my experience that desire is 80% of achievement. That if you really, really want something, if you really, really, really want to do something, that the vast majority of achieving it is wanting it. I mean, really wanting it. Not a preference, and not, "Gee, I hope this." I mean really wanting it. It is the desire that makes you do what you have to do to achieve.

Strong, deeply rooted desire is the starting point of all achievement. Just as the electron is the last unit of matter discernible to the scientist. DESIRE is the seed of all achievement; the starting place, back of which there is nothing, or at least there is nothing of which we have any knowledge.

The things are mighty few on earth that wishes can attain. Whate'er we want of any worth, we've got to work to gain.

You work hard for what you want in life.

Achievement happens when we pursue and attain what we want. Success comes when we are in clear pursuit of Why we want it.

I am very ambitious. I want to enjoy this and then really go for it.

Know what you want - and get it

Wish for what you want, work for what you need. -Carmen's grandmother

If you are willing to dream and then work hard and execute well, you can achieve more than you ever imagined.