Quotes About Ambition

All the great breakthroughs have been totally illogical. If you really want to live up to your potential and you're not trying to please everybody and his brother, set some goals that scare the daylights out of you.

Remember, wealth isn't just about generating money. It's doing what you love in the way you want to do it.

Sam Kalenuik has that enables him to say, "When the dream is big enough, the facts don't count.

J. K. Rowling was on welfare when she wrote the first Harry Potter book and has stated that she considered herself "the biggest failure I knew," but this didn't stop her.

Your purpose is why you you're living, your vision is how you're going to execute it.

All top salespeople have a highly evolved will all top leaders have a highly evolved will you see it's the will that gives us the ability to focus

A goal is a dream that is written down with every intention to achieve.

Dedication, Determination, and Desire will Drive us in the Direction of Success.

Determination is the intentional focus of our goals

Our attitude reflects who we are, where we want to be, and how we are going to get there, and why we do what we do.

Today I will work harder then everyone else, so tomorrow I don't have to work like everyone else

Drugs are the enemies of ambition and hope - and when we fight against drugs we are fighting for the future.

WHAT? Maybe you didn't hear exactly how big my plans are? Big enough to be PRESIDENT president!" I'll say. But that's my job!" he'll say. Look, are you a naysayer?" I'll say. Do you say 'NAY'? I say." Uh . . . no?" he'll say. Then it's settled," I'll say. You're third in charge, reporting directly to the mynah bird!

Listen up, BIG SHOTS, BIGWIGS, and MUCKETY-MUCKS! What am I dressed for?" I'll ask. Success!" they'll yell. And what do clothes make?" I'll ask. The man!" they'll answer. Then it should come as no surprise when I say, I GOT BIG PLANS! BIG PLANS, I SAY!" I'm in!" says the mynah bird.

for that pent?up ambition.

I signed with the Milwaukee Braves for three-thousand dollars. That bothered my dad at the time because he didn't have that kind of dough. But he eventually scraped it up.

Elvis's fame happened to him—not entirely unbidden, but in proportions he had not imagined or sought. He was a dreamer, aspiring to stardom. He wanted to be big.

I wanted to become world champion, and in this respect school couldn't give me anything… It is better to be one of the strongest chess players in the world, than to be one of many thousands with a diploma.

I add status to any tournament I attend.

Too many times, people don't try their best. They don't have the keen spirit; the winning spirit. And once you make it you've got to guard your reputation – every day go in like an unknown to prove yourself. That's why I don't clown around. I don't believe in wasting time. My goal is to win the World Chess Championship; to beat the Russians. I take this very seriously.

I am the best player in the world and I am here to prove it.

I want to be world champion. I have achieved it, now I don't know what to do.

The will to succeed is important, but what's more important is the will to prepare.

Always remember that those who are closest to you will be affected by your dreams. Somewhere along the way, they will undoubtedly have to sacrifice something in order to help you realize your goals.