Quotes About Ambition

Because ownership isn't the important thing. If you want to be rich, it's the only thing. THE

To become rich, every single percentage point of anything you own is crucial. It is worth fighting for, tooth and claw. It is worth suing for. It is worth shouting and banging on the table for. It is worth begging for and grovelling for. It is worth lying and cheating for. In extremis, it is even worth negotiating for. Never,

You do not need to be clever. You do not even need to be that adept. You need only a little cunning and massive determination to become rich. Providing you can pay much cleverer but risk-averse people properly, and promote them and lead them in such a way that they are all rowing in the same direction, they will sign on to your little ship.

After a lifetime of making money and observing better men and women than I fall by the wayside, I am convinced that fear of failing in the eyes of the world is the single biggest impediment to amassing wealth. Trust me on this.

Not everyone works to get rich. In fact, most people do not. But almost everyone wishes to be respected. With promotion comes respect. And with delegation comes promotion. If your company is young and a bit rickety, meritocracy, delegation and promotion are the bricks and mortar that will make it stronger. Do

You don't want people to apply to work for you because of the salaries on offer – they should be driven by other desires. But if a salary isn't commensurate with the market, potential winners will not be able to afford to work for you.

Bossy people and glory hounds are mostly interested in building a power base so they can have yet more people to boss about. It's pitiful and a little sad, but we have all seen it. We saw it in school. We saw it in the playground. We saw it in college. And we saw it in our first job. If you are observant, you have been seeing it nearly all your life. Such

There is absolutely nothing more likely to dampen the prospects of becoming rich than a nice, fat, regular salary check.

By focusing hard on obtaining that human capital you will vastly increase your chances of becoming rich. Stupid

Simple. There are many clever, cunning and adept people who are risk averse. You are not risk averse because you are dedicated to becoming rich.

My advice on competition is always to ensure that you want to fight, and ought to fight on a larger competitor's ground.

But don't fight tigers, my friend. Not if you want to get rich. TWENTY-ONE

It is not that pearls fetch a high price because men have dived for them. On the contrary, men dive for them because they fetch a high price.

If you haven't much skill, or much wit, or much talent, or much luck, and yet you insist on owning more than your fair share of any start-up or acquisition, then you can become rich. If you take what you're given, you will probably not get rich. Years

But hey! If you want to be rich, sometimes you have to sup with the devil. And nobody cares, least of all 'analysts', how long or how short your spoon is.

this is the first lesson in the power of focus. Keep your eye on the ball if you wish to get rich. And do not forget which ball. It's the one marked 'The Money is Here.' TIMING

Being rich is fine, and at the very least is better than being poor. But it shouldn't be the be-all and end-all of your life, or anyone's life.

A very rich travelling salesman, true. But still a salesman. A hired gun. But

Getting rich is mostly sleight of hand, but if you acquire no audience but a mirror, then there is no illusion with which to get rich. Paper

Droomen is alles, 't is de muziek van ons leven, en daardoor kunnen wij dansen op den rand van de bittere werkelijkheid.

I couldn't find the sports car of my dreams, so I built it myself.

There were periods of my life when a lot of people didn't believe in me. I still had faith in myself. I really had to ask myself life questions. Where do I see myself in five years? Create a ladder for yourself, and walk up the steps. Climb that ladder.

homens que por indústria e engenho voam por cima das águas todas, por adquirirem o que Deus lhes nao deu, ou a pobreza neles é tanta que todo lhes faz esquecer a sua pátria, ou a vaidade, e a cegueira que lhes causa a sua cobiça é tamanha que por ela renegam a Deus, e a seus pais.

Can there be any study of humanity, in 1946, without historians who are ambitious, conscious of their duties and of their immense powers?