Quotes About Ambition

Power is not a means, it is an end. One does not establish a dictatorship in order to safeguard a revolution; one makes the revolution in order to establish the dictator-ship.

We know that no one ever seizes power with the intention of relinquishing it. Power is not a means; it is an end. One does not establish a dictatorship in order to safeguard a revolution; one makes the revolution in order to establish the dictatorship. The object of persecution is persecution. The object of torture is torture. The object of power is power.

YaÅŸamlar?n? dünyay? fethetmeye adam??lard?r, ama ayn? zamanda bilirler ki, sava??n sonsuza dek ve zafere ulaÅŸmadan sürüp gitmesi gerekmektedir.

Ad Astra per Aspera—through rough ways to the stars

The pair adopted the phrase Ad Astra per Aspera—through rough ways to the stars—as their motto.

How could a college dropout find himself, at the age of twenty-six, a government-funded rocket scientist?

In the strength of thine on desires is a magic power.

Si aprende a fijarse un pequeño deseo bien definido, ello lo llevará a fijarse otro más grande.

Will power is but the unflinching purpose to carry a task you set for yourself to fulfilment. If I set for myself a task, be it ever so trifling, I shall see it through. How else shall I have confidence in myself to do important things?

Thou makest me to realize the reason why we have never found any measure of wealth. We never sought it.

Even at such labor did I myself earn my first coppers. Therefore, thou hast the same opportunity to build a fortune.

Never mind though our purses be as empty as the falcon's nest of a year ago. Let that not detain us. We are weary of being without gold in the midst of plenty. We wish to become men of means. Come, let us go to Arkad and ask how we, also, may acquire incomes for ourselves.

he explained how anxious he had been to earn his freedom.

For a man to wish to be rich is of little purpose. For a man to desire five pieces of gold is a tangible desire which he can press to fulfillment.

Preceding accomplishment must be desire. Thy desires must be strong and definite.

yet he did possess one of the vital requirements to increase his earnings. Within him was a strong desire to earn more

En aquellas cosas hacia las cuales dirigimos nuestros mejores esfuerzos, tenemos éxito.

Where the Determination is, the Way Can Be Found

To continue to be lucky is my great desire.

Only a great desire for wealth. Besides this, nothing.

We found the trail to Babylon because the soul of a free man looks at life as a series of problems to be solved and solves them, while the soul of a slave whines, 'What can I do who am but a slave?

La voluntad no es más que la determinación inflexible de llevar a cabo lo se ha impuesto.

I am unable to name a single one who started his success from such a source (gambling at the casino).

Wealth grows wherever men exert energy