Quotes About Ambition

Remember, democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself. There never was a democracy yet that did not commit suicide. It is in vain to say that democracy is less vain, less proud, less selfish, less ambitious, or less avaricious than aristocracy or monarchy. It is not true, in fact, and nowhere appears in history. Those passions are the same in all men, under all forms of simple government, and when unchecked, produce the same effects of fraud, violence, and cruelty.

No man who ever held the office of President would congratulate a friend on obtaining it. He will make one man ungrateful, and a hundred men his enemies, for every office he can bestow.

A pen is certainly an excellent instrument to fix a man's attention and to inflame his ambition.

Just remember that the goal is for us to capture all we want

To go where you're wishing you could go, first you must tie your shoes and step off the porch.

I have never done anything in my life that did not have a purpose, usually hidden, sometimes even from myself.

I started out mopping floors, waiting tables, and tending bar at my dad's tavern. I put myself through school working odd jobs and night shifts. I poured my heart and soul into a small business. And when I saw how out-of-touch Washington had become with the core values of this great nation, I put my name forward and ran for office.

My brother Henry must heir the land, My brother Frank must be at his command; Whilst I, poor Jack, will do that That all the world will wonder at!

He is a self-made man and worships his creator.

Think of the rivers of blood spilled by all those generals and emperors so that in glory and triumph they could become the momentary masters of a fraction of a dot.

To set high goals, to have almost unattainable aspirations, to imbue people with the belief that they can be achieved—these are as important as the balance sheet, perhaps more

Nathan Greene, special counsel to Lazard Frères, who was on the board for a while. Greene was a kind of business father confessor to me. I remember his saying, 'You think you'll make your pile and then be independent. My friend, in Wall Street you don't just win your independence at one stroke. To paraphrase Thomas Jefferson, you have to win your independence over again every day.' I found that he was right about that.

version, though it fell somewhat short of the mood of, say, the last scene of "Die Meistersinger,

Failure can have a certain grandeur that success never knows

It is not strength, but desire, that governs the world.

Welcome to American capitalism. It's a great system, except that no one ever has enough.

A somebody was once a nobody who wanted to and did.

Some people will dream big dreams while others will wake up and do them.

a goal worth working for. Better still, get yourself a project. . . . Always have something ahead of you to 'look forward to'—to work for and hope for

How do you become First in command, when you're second in command? You kill the guy that's first in command!

The only guarantee for failure is to stop trying

Abraham Lincoln) liked to remind citizens that "Things may come to those who wait, but only the things left by those who hustle.

We see how many tricks they try, how many pursuits they exhaust themselves with in order to secure the objects of their ambition or greed, while trying to avoid, on the other hand, poverty and humility.

Antiochus shall act prosperously according to his mental perception, and shall be so assisted by' his craftiness, as to obtain whatever he shall grasp at.