Quotes About Ambition

Every leaf that taps against the attic window, every thorn that nestles against the bricks, is part of a barrier that keeps the twentieth century at bay. I have always taken a dim view of the twentieth century, so that I consider this to be a laudable amibition.

And that's what you aspire to? Being a force to reckon with?" "yes, and to teach girls to aspire to be the same.

Eddy dreamed of owning her own restaurant. It was a common belief that women like her, the descendant of slaves, had no right to dream.

Best not to tiptoe around what you're yearning for, eyeing it, longing for it . . . or you'll miss your life ahead, it read.

You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you don't try.

I've always tried to go a step past wherever people expected me to end up.

Our culture is friendly and intense, but if push comes to shove we'll settle for intense.

One day GOOGLE will say my name...

Watch me re-position the stars.

One of the main sources of mental corruption in this country is the ghost of Vince Lombardi: don't matter how you play the game, don't matter if you enjoy the game, don't matter if the game means anything, the important thing is TO WIN. I think that's as good a definition of mental illness as you're ever gonna get.

I wanted to have a political career. I thought studying political science would be the best way to achieve it.

He that maketh haste to be rich shall not be innocent.

It's okay to want, but DO something about it.

Ambition is the path to success. Persistence is the vehicle you arrive in.

Set goals so big that unless God helps you, you will be a miserable failure.

I dream, I test my dreams against my beliefs, I dare to take risks, and I execute my vision to make those dreams come true: Dream, Believe, Dare, Do.

In the back of your mind, when you say you want to write music for the movies, you're saying that you want a big house, a big car and a boat. If you just wanted to write music, you could live in Kansas and do it.

The trouble with not having a goal is that you can spend your life running up and down the field and never score.

When they said to you at graduation, "Follow your dream," did anybody say you have to wake up first?

Immortality is a long shot, I admit. But somebody has to be first.

In order to succeed, your desire for success should be greater than your fear of failure.

Decide that you want it more than you are afraid of it.

What is worse than a quitter? Someone who is afraid to begin.

The future remains unwritten, but I'm writing as fast as I can!