Lucy Maud Montgomery Quotes

I told myself repeatedly, 'One day you will be famous.'

I've unfailing ambition.

I'm inspired on a daily basis by my personal goals. I make it a habit to write down what it is that I want to accomplish. And I check that list. I keep myself accountable. My kids inspire me, of course. My ambition inspires me. I want to win at everything that I do in life. I understand that it takes hard work to reach my goals and I'm prepared to do it. My confidence comes from preparation. So I spend a lot of my time preparing.

Fight for your dreams, and your dreams will fight for you.

Those who have any intention of deviating from the beaten roads of life, and acquiring a reputation superior to names hourly swept away by time among the refuse of fame, should add to their reason and their spirit the power of persisting in their pur

Anything that is within someone else's reach is also within yours. Set your goals no matter how impossible they may seem. Then focus on what is between you and that goal. And then, simply take out the obstacles as they come.

I know i can, be what i wanna be, if i work hard at it, I'll be where i wanna be

Well, I'm going up and up and up - and nobody's going to pull me down!

Not coming from a film background, be it a teeny-weeny role or a big role, I have done it with a lot of dignity and fought my way through. But the only thing that kept me going is that I am the sort of person who doesn't take no for an answer. If someone rejects me, I will be out to prove that person wrong in my own way.

So many of our dreams at first seem impossible, then they seem improbable, and then, when we summon the will, they soon become inevitable.

I have this drive to prove people wrong - people who thought I should give up or assumed I'd never get anywhere.

You see me, I wanted to be fashion designer. I became fashion designer. So I think that everything is possible.

I believe that one can aspire to as much as one wants to.

The first tape I got was Madonna's 'Immaculate Collection.' I'm inspired by the way she started from nothing and didn't have a big musical talent, but had a big dream.

You just have to go as far as you can go. Everyone works his way up.

We see the people that have got stars in their eyes, but if you've really got what it takes, you can get from, say the beginnings, to the top in about five years.

I have an ambition to write a great book, but that's really a competition with myself. I've noticed that a lot of young writers, people in all media, want to be famous but they don't really want to do anything. I can't think of anything less worth striving for than fame.

There are lots of people way more talented than me - but I work more, and I wanted it more. I never waited on anyone else.

Men can do all things if they will.

The tenacious character I've possessed since I was a small child propelled me to successfully meet this challenge, and I was able to safely gain acceptance to the university of my choice.

If there's anything in life you consider worthwhile achieving - go for it. I was told many times to forget show business - I had nothing going for me. But I pursued it, anyway. Voila!

Anything you really want, you can attain, if you really go after it.

My dream was maybe someday, one night I can be a guest on a talk show, and then I will have achieved everything I want.

Moving up and fighting the best keeps me hungry.

If you want something hard enough, it just gets done.