Quotes About Ambition

It is the awareness of unfulfilled desires which gives a nation the feeling that it has a mission and a destiny.

Men weary as much of not doing the things they want to do as of doing the things they do not want to do.

The self-styled intellectual who is impotent with pen and ink hungers to write history with sword and blood.

The passion to get ahead is sometimes born of the fear lest we be left behind.

We do not really feel grateful toward those who make our dreams come true they ruin our dreams.

America is still the best country for the common man -- white or black ... if he can't make it here he won't make it anywhere else.

Man is the only creature that strives to surpass himself, and yearns for the impossible.

The fear of becoming a 'has-been' keeps some people from becoming anything.

We are told that talent creates its own opportunities. But it sometimes seems that intense desire creates not only its own opportunities but its own talents.

You have to dream dreams to live dreams.

This certainly wasn't an isolated incident, but it is indicative of Jesus' ferocious ambition to walk with His Father by trusting in Him to overcome temptation. For Jesus, just as it is for us, prayer and vigorous fighting are the means to overcome temptation. Jesus' manhood in this particular instance is awe inspiring; He fought against the greatest temptation imaginable, in regard to His most challenging responsibility, and yet didn't drop the ball:

accomplishments should be on the lips of all

Though we can hardly understand it, and Wilberforce himself never quite made sense of it during his lifetime, he now entertained the outrageous idea of using this opportunity to become one of Yorkshire County's two representatives in Parliament, something that was effectively impossible.

There is no limit to what a man can do or where he can go if he does not mind who gets the credit.

We have no government armed with power capable of contending with human passions unbridled by morality and religion. Avarice, ambition, revenge, or gallantry, would break the strongest cords of our Constitution as a whale goes through a net. Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other. Adams

Zero invites imagination, but small numbers invite questions about whether large numbers will ever materialize.

the Lean Startup is a new way of looking at the development of innovative new products that emphasizes fast iteration and customer insight, a huge vision, and great ambition, all at the same time.

Think big. Start small. Scale fast.

Some people are natural inventors who prefer to work without the pressure and expectations of the later business phases. Others are ambitious and see innovation as a path toward senior management. Still others are particularly skilled at the management of running an established business, outsourcing, and bolstering efficiencies and wringing out cost reductions. People should be allowed to find the kinds of jobs that suit them best.

Entrepreneurs are everywhere. You don't have to work in a garage to be in a startup. The concept of entrepreneurship includes anyone who works within my definition of a startup: a human institution designed to create new products and services under conditions of extreme uncertainty. That means entrepreneurs are everywhere and the Lean Startup approach can work in any size company, even a very large enterprise, in any sector or industry.

The goal of a startup is to figure out the right thing to build—the thing customers want and will pay for—as quickly as possible. In other words, the Lean Startup is a new way of looking at the development of innovative new products that emphasizes fast iteration and customer insight, a huge vision, and great ambition, all at the same time.

audacity of zero

There had to be more to life than chasing money and grabbing Power.

The difference between the men and the boys in politics is, and always has been, that the boys want to be something, while the men want to do something.