Quotes About Ambition

One asks him what his ambition is. He replies, "To become immortal and then to die.

It's all about murder, money and power. The motto is – Kill: Be Respected.

Most people seek after what they do not possess and are enslaved by the very things they want to acquire.

I want knowledge. How, like a starved thing in the dark, I'm driven to reach for it.

Hell, is trying to do what you can't do, trying to be what you're not

Success in life is to be measured by the goals you've set yourself.

Success in life is to be measured by the goals you've set yourself. There are tens of thousands of new theorems published every year the world over, but no more than a handful per century that make history!

I did not come this far to settle for less than I deserve.

Ah, but a man's reach should exceed his grasp, Or what's a Heaven for? R. Browning, Andrea del Sarto.

For an hour or so we were furiously angry, and were possessed with an insane sense that we must go straight to the Bay of Whales and have it out with Amundsen and his men in some undefined fashion or other there and then. Such a mood could not and did not bear a moment's reflection; but it was natural enough. We had just paid the first instalment of the heart-breaking labour of making a path to the Pole; and we felt, however unreasonably, that we had earned the first right of way.

Dwell not upon thy weariness, thy strength shall be according to the measure of thy desire.

Success, in whatever form it takes, is a tricky thing - once you've achieved your goal, then what? Where do you aim?

Hard work is the yeast that raises the dough. But it's the dough that makes the bread

Hard work makes the dough and Business makes the BREAD!

We were the first that found that famous country:We marched by a king's name: we crossed the sierras:Unknown hardships we suffered: hunger.

My mother wanted to be a teacher when she was young, and my father didn't approve of it, so she fought very hard to become one. And she did it. So when I said I wanted to become an actress, my mother was very supportive. She always said to me, 'There's no such thing as 'can't.'

I don't ever want to be hugely famous because I had a little taste of it after 'East Is East' and 'Bend It.'

I knew from a young age that I wanted to be an actor. I never even thought about other careers. The acting field is certainly not the path many Indian parents encourage their children to take, but mine were very supportive. They wanted me to have an education, but understood that this is what I wanted to do.

I had to decide on the kind of life I wanted to live and live it.

I don't rep talent, I rep Heat and you aren't hot so why the FUCK would I call you

Give me a place to stand, and I will move the world.

These two threads that run through our life—one pulling us into the world to achieve and make things happen, the other pulling us back from the world to nourish and replenish ourselves—can seem at odds, but in fact they reinforce each other.

THE POWER OF DREAMS—AND WHY YOU SHOULD RECORD THEM

There are no lobbyists for the American Dream.