Quotes About Ambition

It is possible there are some things you want so badly that you will change your life to make them happen.

She tried to, anyway.

Be one of the best, or suffer like the rest.

He said little about his dream but he nourished it in his heart as the best place for a dream to grow.

It isn't where you came from; it's where you're going that counts.

It isn't where you came frome; it's where you're going that counts.

It isn't where you come from, it's where you're going that counts.

The usual channels of university studies or secretarial work did not appeal to me. I cherished difficult dreams through confidence in myself.

Every time I took a long leave from home, I felt as if I were going to conquer the world. Or rather, take possession of what is my birthright, my inheritance.

'Tis the set of the sail that decides the goal, and not the storm of life

If you are seeking health, wealth, usefulness, skill in any direction, there is nothing and no one who can hinder your attainment of the coveted boon, if you are willing to work and wait

There is no chance, no destiny, no fate, that can circumvent or hinder or control the firm resolve of a determined soul.

When we tire of well-worn ways, we seek for new. This restless craving in the souls of men spurs them to climb, and to seek the mountain view.

The fortunate is he whose earnest purpose never swerves, Whose slightest action or inaction serves The one great aim. Why, even Death stands still, And waits an hour sometimes For such a will.

Haters are my motivators

Live your dreams.

You stop waiting anxiously for the phone to ring—because you're too busy living and pursuing your goals whether he calls or not.

Let [the youth] be directed to something better than display, ambition, or self-indulgence. Bring them in contact with truer beauty, with loftier principles, and with nobler lives. Lead them to behold the One "altogether lovely.

Seest thou a man diligent in his business? He shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean men." "In all labour there is profit: but the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury." "The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing." "The drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags." ...

Oamenii idolatrizeaz? talentul ?i râvnesc prea mult un anumit statut social. Mult prea mul?i nu vor s? fac? nimic dac? nu sunt recunoscu?i ca lideri; mult prea mul?i trebuie s? primeasc? laude, altfel nu manifest? nici un interes pentru munc?.

The proud may be for a time in great power, and may see success in all that they undertake; but in the end they will find only disappointment and wretchedness.

Longing to excel, he had never even succeeded. He had been hampered by not knowing a number of things the average man took for granted; but he was hampered still more by knowing a number of other things the average man had never suspected.

If women can sleep their way to the top, how come they aren't there?

Taking no chances means wasting your dreams..