Quotes About Ambition

Vas a ir lejos, tunante. No por nada te llamas José. Vas a ser el Sol, y las estrellas brillarán a tu alrededor.

Sólo cabe progresar cuando se piensa en grande, sólo es posible avanzar cuando se mira lejos.

For there is no doubt that the most radical division that is possible to make of humanity is that which splits into two classes of creatures: those who make great demands on themselves, piling up difficulties and duties; and those who demand nothing special of themselves, but for whom to live is to be every moment what they already are, without imposing on themselves any effort towards perfection; mere boys that float on the waves.

For there is no doubt that the most radical division that it is possible to make of humanity is that which splits it into two classes of creatures: those who make great demands on themselves, piling up difficulties and duties; and those who demand nothing special of themselves, but for whom to live is to be every moment what they already are, without imposing on themselves any effort towards perfection; mere buoys that float on the waves.

A naides tengás envidia: es muy triste el envidiar; cuando veás a otro ganar, a estorbarlo no te metas: cada lechón en su teta es el modo de mamar.

El hombre mediocre que se aventura en la liza social tiene apetitos urgentes: el éxito. No sospecha que existe otra cosa, la gloria, ambicionada solamente por los caracteres superiores.

El coraje sentenció Lamartine- es la primera de las elocuencias, es la elocuencia del carácter". Noble decir. El que aspira a ser águila debe mirar lejos y volar alto; el que se resigna a arrastrarse como un gusano renuncia al derecho de protestar si lo aplastan.

al que toma el camino de las cumbres, los envidiosos le carcomen la reputación con saña malévola;

No hay caso: hay gorilas por todos lados. Hasta en una pizzería de mierda. Pero entendamos: el Gordo es el patrón. Y en este país apenas cualquier pobre tipo llega a ser patrón se convierte en traidor, en buchón, abomina de su clase, quiere trepar, ser un señor, dar lástima en los salones de clase alta. Pero estar ahí.

They come here seeking gold. May you go to their country seeking a different kind of gold for our needs! But remember, all that glisters is not gold.

Sons must aspire to be greater than their fathers, but at our apron-strings we only teach them to be children.

Better than succeeding little by little is failing at one go.

Day and night I always dream with open eyes.

Money does not guarantee success.

Excellence means when a man or woman asks of himself more than others do.

The most radical division that it is possible to make of humanity is that which splits it into two classes of creatures Those who make great demands on themselves, piling up difficulties and duties and those who demand nothing special of themselves, bu

We distinguish the excellent man from the common man by saying that the former is the one who makes great demands upon himself, and the latter who makes no demands on himself.

Life is a series of collisions with the future; it is not the sum of what we have been, but what we yearn to be.

Vanity is the natural weakness of an ambitious man, which exposes him to the secret scorn and derision of those he converses with, and ruins the character he is so industrious to advance by it.

Were not this desire of fame very strong, the difficulty of obtaining it, and the danger of losing it when obtained, would be sufficient to deter a man from so vain a pursuit.

For how few ambitious men are there, who have got as much fame as they desired, and whose thirst after it has not been as eager in the very height of their reputation, as it was before they became known and eminent among men?

I have but ninepence in ready money, but I can draw for a thousand pounds.

Let Caesar have the world, if Marcia's mine.

That's what keeps me going: dreaming, inventing, then hoping and dreaming some more in order to keep dreaming.