Quotes About Ambition

If you work hard and play by the rules, this country is truly open to you. You can achieve anything.

Arnold Schwarzenegger

Forget plan B. To test yourself and grow, you have to operate without a safety net.

I never felt that I was good enough, strong enough, smart enough. He let me know that there was always room for improvement. A lot of sons would have been crippled by his demands, but instead the discipline rubbed off on me. I turned it into drive.

For me life is continuously being hungry. The meaning of life is not simply to exist, to survive, but to move ahead, to go up, to achieve, to conquer.

To be successful, however, you must be brutal with yourself and focus on the flaws.

Every morning you have two options. Continue to sleep with your dreams or wake up and chase them.

I always believed in shooting for the top, and to become an American is like becoming a member of the winning team.

Dreams are for the dreamers. Goals are for achievers.

My desire was to leave home in an organized way. Because I was still just a kid, I decided that the best course for independence was to mind my own business and make my own money. I would do any kind of work. I was not shy at all about picking up a shovel and digging.

I knew I was a winner back in the late sixties. I knew I was destined for great things. People will say that kind of thinking is totally immodest. I agree. Modesty is not a word that applies to me in any way. I hope it never will.

I was striving to be the most muscular man, and it got me into the movies. It got me everything that I have.

Kurt Marnul can win Mr. Austria," I thought, "and he's already told me that I could too if I train hard, so that's what I'm going to do." This thought made the hours of lifting tons of steel and iron actually a joy. Every painful set, every extra rep, was a step toward my goal of winning Mr. Austria and entering the Mr. Europe competition.

For me, life is continuously being hungry. The meaning of life is not simply to exist, to survive, but to go ahead, to go up, to achieve, to conquer.

My vision of where I wanted to go in life was not normal. The whole idea of a conventional existence was like Kryptonite to me.

Of course, now I had to show I was worthy, but I didn't feel at all concerned. I would do whatever it took to get there. I didn't share my feelings of pride with anybody. My style was to keep moving and not reflect too much. But it felt great.

You can't be paralyzed by fear of failure or you will never push yourself.

Strong on desire but short on smarts, these

I always stay hungry, never satisfied with current accomplishments.

The only way to make the possible possible is to try the impossible. If you fail, so what? That's what everybody expects. But if you succeed, you make the world a much better place.

I wasn't there to compete. I was there to win.

I aimed to be a leader someday, but I knew it was important to learn obedience as well.

I believed that the only way you become a leading man is by treating yourself like a leading man and working your ass off. If you don't believe in yourself, then how will anyone else believe in you?

To all the young MLB players, never give up on your goals. You can reach any destiny you desire.