Quotes About Ambition

she'd seen people stand on the shoulders of hate and pluck money and power from the very top shelves of the universe.

Whatever success I've had, I always like to top it.

Whatever success I've had, I always like to top it.

If you don't know where you're going, you might wind up someplace else.

My ambition is to hit .400 and talk 1.000.

If you don't know where you're going, you'll end up somewhere else.

There aren't enough people who care about the future. They are too busy worrying about today and what they can grab now

Your lovin' gives me a thrill But your lovin' don't pay my bills I need money — That's what I want.

When you walk with purpose, you collide with destiny.

What a miserable thing life is: you're living in clover, only the clover isn't good enough.

Go make yourself a plan / And be a shining light. / Then make yourself a second plan, / For neither will come right.

Why be a man when you can be a success.

If you join the rat race — you're in the race of rats.

Sto lavorando duro per preparare il mio prossimo errore.

I hope I can pull the wagon by myself. Yes, I'll manage, there's not much in it now. I must get back into business.

Wozu Türme bauen wie der Himalaja Wenn man sie nicht umwerfen kann Damit es ein Gelächter gibt?

Ui: We'll see about that. Walk around, like they do in this Shakespeare guy. (The actor walks around.) ..Good. Givola: You can't walk around like that in front of caulifl ower dealers. It's unnatural. Ui: What are you talking about? Nobody's natural these days. When I walk, I want people to know that I'm walking.

Givola: Why you doing this, boss? Just for the swells at the Trust? Ui: On the contrary. This is for the little guy. Why do you think that Trust man, Clark, Always looks so impressive? Not for his own kind, that's for sure. His bank account takes care of them ­ Just like I rely on my brave boys to make sure I get respect. Clark puffs himself up to impress the little man. And so will I.

Hvale nam život velikana duha Što žive, prazna stomaka, rad znanja U kolibi gde pacov miša ganja - Za takve gatke ja baš nemam sluha! Nek živi skromno kome je to san! Dojadiše mi (me? nama) te pri?e. Od Vavilona dovde, gde je pti?e Što bi tu hranu podnelo i dan? Šta tu sloboda vredi? Nisam slep: U blagostanju tek život je lep.

Command is a mountaintop. The air breathed there is different, and the perspectives seen there are different, from those of the valley of obedience. The passion for order and the genius for construction, which are part of man's natural endowment, get full play there. The man who has grown great sees from the top of his tower what he can make, if he so wills, of the swarming masses below him.

Vanity is a motive of immense potency.

What vanity needs for its satisfaction is glory, and it's easy to have glory without power.

After that, work and hope. But never hope more than you work

Will laughed. 'You're quite a dreamer, Abbie-girl.' Abbie did not laugh. She was suddenly very sober. 'You have to, Will.' She said it a little vehemently. 'You have to dream things out. It keeps a kind of ideal before you.