Quotes About Ambition

thought about the fact that there seemed to be such a high cost to anything a woman chose to do with her life, unless she simply aimed low.

it's not enough for you to sit on your arse for the rest of your life. But it should buy you your freedom, both from that claustrophobic little town we both call home, and from the kind of choices you have so far felt you had to make.

I've messed up everything again and I don't know why I even bother trying to be something more than I was because every time I do it ends in disaster.

Pomi?i vlastite granice. Nemoj se skrasiti.

Jojo's Mojo Ltd,

I thought about the fact that there seemed to be such a high cost to anything a woman chose to do with her life, unless she simply aimed low. But I knew that already, didn't I?

Whatever I said to anyone else, I knew I would always regret to my bones missing the chance to live and work in New York. That no matter how much I told myself there would be other chances, other places, this would be the lost opportunity I carried, like a cheap handbag I regretted buying, wherever I went.

tried to make it sound like a positive career choice rather than a cry for help.

For as a rule, the most ambitious horses are the highest mettled.

live boldly. Push yourself. Don't settle.

I didn't tell her about the days when it felt like a peculiar form of torture to work somewhere where I was forced to watch each plane taxi on the runway, gather its energy like a great bird, then launch itself into the sky.

Averigüe qué me haría feliz y averigüe que quería hacer, y me forme para el trabajo que haría posible esas dos cosas. - Tal como lo dices, parece muy sencillo. - Es sencillo -dijo-. Pero lo cierto es que también supone un grandísimo esfuerzo. Y la gente no está dispuesta a hacer este tipo de sacrificio.

Vedi laggiù?" Indicò le montagne che incombevano in lontananza. "È quello che sognavo fin da bambina. Io e Charley, lassù: quello è il mio paradiso, Alice. E ho la possibilità di vivere il mio paradiso ogni giorno.

woman once again with a mission.

live boldly. Push yourself. Don't settle. Wear those stripy legs with pride. And if you insist on settling down with some ridiculous bloke, make sure some of this is squirrelled away somewhere. Knowing you still have possibilities is a luxury.

Did I grow up wanting to clean houses?" She raised an eyebrow, as if checking that he had seriously asked that question. "Um, no. I wanted to be a professional scuba diver. But I had Tanze

there seemed to be such a high cost to anything a woman chose to do with her life, unless she simply aimed low.

Push yourself. Don't settle. Wear those stripy legs with pride.

always had.

Sigue adelante... no te conformes, simplemente vive.

Sie haben nur ein einziges Leben. Es ist Ihre Pflicht, so viel wie möglich daraus zu machen.

No había tenido que renunciar a sus sueños: tan solo estaba empezando a permitirse tenerlos.

I'm going to kick your stupid marathon-running shins so hard you're going to think 157th was actually a good result.

Que seas exigente contigo misma. Que no te conformes. Viste con orgullo esos leotardos a rayas.