Quotes About Ambition

We will never be more that we have been destined to be!

Has anyone succeeded in being his own desire?

Who can play without wanting to succeed even with a sentimentally gain?

What beauty could be your life's mountain peak which you could climb all the way up?

Determined now her tomb to build, Her ample skirt with stones she filled, And dropped a heap on Carron-more; Then stepped one thousand yards to Loar, And dropped another goodly heap; And then with one prodigious leap, Gained carrion-beg; and on its height Displayed the wonders of her might.

It could drive you mad to wake up to the fact that your whole life has been about chasing some false goal.

Success is the person who year after year reaches the highest limits in his field.

I only had a high school education and believe me, I had to cheat to get that.

When the white man had warmed himself before the Indians' fire and filled himself with their hominy, he became very large. With a step he bestrode the mountains, and his feet covered the plains and the valleys. His hand grasped the eastern and the western sea, and his head rested on the moon.

Dream beautiful dreams and then work to make those dreams come true.

Make no small plans. They have no magic to stir men's souls.

Lengthen your stride/go the extra mile

In 1971, after seven years in college, with that magic piece of paper clutched triumphantly in my fist, the best job I was able to get was night watchman on a sewer project in Babylon, N.Y. guarding a hole in the ground to prevent anyone from stealing it. God bless the American educational system!

Getting to work on the thing that you're always thinking about anyways is like the biggest--that's the goal.

those, who are believed to be most self—abased and humble, are generally in reality the most ambitious and envious

ceux que l'on croit être le plus pleins de mésestime d'eux-mêmes et d'humilité, sont généralement le plus pleins d'ambition et d'envie

There is nothing impossible in the world if you are determined. The

In joy there is neither desire nor ambition. Ambition promises joy somewhere in the future. It creates a mirage of joy and leaves frustration in your hands.

The desire for fame tempts even noble minds.

But unscrupulous ambition has nothing to work upon, save in a nation corrupted by avarice and luxury.

Your dream died? Fine. Give it a decent burial and dream a new dream.

You limit your options every time you don't try your best.

Her palace shimered with onyx, garnet, and gold, but was richer still in political and sexual intrigue.

I contemplate the bones for a while then turn away. I have work to do. Next year I will have an odako that is bigger, grander, more beautiful than anyone has ever seen. Next year.