Quotes About Ambition

Yes, she had seen Alex's temper flare over his disappointment with a lack of his own regiment to command, but she saw that as merely the fighting spirit of an ambitious and confident leader. Yet, wasn't that what appealed most to her about him? A spirit and impetuousness that could match her own and challenge her to be better herself in this new democracy? A man who could honor her own values?

silly man. I know the man I am marrying is destined for great things, as the many remarkable things he has done thus far have brought himto such a high oint already. Mark my words, Alex. You are a man whose future lies before him for all to marvel at one day. And you, Colonel Hamilton, are mine, and I am yours always.

But that was the thing about Alex, a nameless orphan from the Caribbean, who had written his way up to General Washington's side, he was nothing if not determined.

It's up to you how far you go. If you don't try, you'll never know." —Merlin, The Sword in the Stone

What's certain is that I'm not going to be stuck with my parents' limited options. My mom graduated top of her class in the Philippines, but in America she cleans up vomit in a hospital, and my dad, the smartest man I know, drives a bus for a living.

C'mon, let's get out of here. I have a future to attend to.

To follow, without halt, one aim: There's the secret of success." -Anna Pavlova

My greatest ambition is to have a career without becoming a career woman.

The tension between the vision and reality creates energy. This energy drives personal growth.

Failure to follow desire, to do what you want to do most, paves the way to mediocrity.

Soltanto le costruzioni piccole possono essere portate a compimento dal loro primo architetto; le grandiose, le vere, lasciano sempre la pietra della cimasa alla posterità. Dio mi guardi dal completare alcunché. Questo intero libro non è che un abbozzo… anzi, non è che l'abbozzo di un abbozzo.

Doctor Ambrosius smiled slightly. You and all the others here, are-or rather, one day will be-magicians. Spirit broke into a disbelieving laugh. Right, she said, starting to stand up. Mean, she could deal with; crazy was something else. Thank you, Professor Dumbledore. I hope the train hasn't left yet, because-

Humans given no incentive to do more . . . generally will not.

You have several significant flaws, including that once you are convinced you are capable of one thing of a certain scale, you are equally convinced you can handle more. You do not allow for their cumulative effects upon you. You are doing what you can.

Do what you can, do everything that you can, do it to the best of your ability, and leave the rest to fate. Or

Do what you can, do everything that you can, do it to the best of your ability, and leave the rest to fate.

Well, there's two kinds of peeing...There's regular peeing, because you have to pee. And then there's auxiliary competitive peeing. For acquiring empire. I'm all about the real estate.

But haven't all ambitious people something of the monstrous about them? You, sir, for instance, if you will forgive me, are a little bit monstrous.

Steerpike was, of course, alive with ideas and projects. These two half-witted women were a gift. That they should be the sisters of Lord Sepulchrave was of tremendous strategic value. They would prove an advance on the Prunesquallors, if not intellectually at any rate socially, and that at the moment was what mattered. And in any case, the lower the mentality of his employers the more scope for his own projects.

It was Crabcalf who, surrounded and walled in by the hundreds of unsold copies of his ill-fated novel, felt that he if anyone should be the judge not only of literature, but all that went on behind the sordid scenes.

If you want it bad enough, you'll pass.

The young do not know enough to be prudent, and therefore they attempt the impossible – and achieve it, generation after generation.' Pearl S. Buck

Winston Churchill (him again!) once said words to the effect that everyone gets the chance to make their fortune once, but not everybody takes it.

Three words that are the beating heart behind why many explorers or adventurers do what they do. 'Because it's there.