Quotes About Ambition

People can do great things. However, there are some things they just CAN'T do. I, for instance, have not been able to transform myself into a Popsicle, despite years of effort.

People can do great things. However, there are some things they just CAN'T do. I, for instance, have not been able to transform myself into a Popsicle, despite years of effort.

Onward, then! To glory and some such nonsense.

What do you know?" "Almost everything. That almost part can be a real kick in the teeth sometimes." "What do you want, then?" "What I can't have." Wit turned to him, eyes solemn. "Same as everyone else, Kaladin Stormblessed.

Better to be the failure who nobly strived than the success who never really had to.

Aim for the sun. That way if you miss, at least your arrow will fall far away, and the person it kills will likely be someone you don't know.

A man is what he has passion about," Breeze said. "I've found that if you give up what you want most for what you think you should want more, you'll just end up miserable.

For glory lit, and life alive, for goals unreached and aims to strive. All men must try, the wind did see. It is the test, it is the dream.

No one ever accomplished anything by being content with who they were, Shallan," Adolin said. "We accomplish great things by reaching toward who we could become." "As long as it's what you want to become. Not what someone else thinks you should become.

Life was about momentum . Pick a direction and don't let anything—man or storm— turn you aside.

Some people charged toward the goal, running for all they had. Others stumbled. But it wasn't the speed that mattered. It was the direction they were going.

Vin, Vin. Why can't you see? This isn't about good or evil. Morality doesn't even enter into it. Good men will kill as quickly for what they want as evil men—only the things they want are different.

Everything is a contest. All dealings among men are a contest in which some will succeed and others fail. And some are failing quite spectacularly.

Yes, yes. Aim for the sun. That way if you miss, at least your arrow will fall far away, and the person it kills will likely be someone you don't know.

Brandon Sanderson

In all the history of mankind, has any conqueror decided they had enough? Has any man just said, 'This is good. This is what I wanted,' and gone home?

We never lack men and women who wish to lead." "True," Dalinar said, "but we do lack ones who are good at it.

I hadn't been fighting because of my father's death. I fought because of his dreams.

The only reason to be subservient to those with power is so that you can learn to someday take what they have. Reen's words.

You should know by now that I've already had greatness. I traded it for mediocrity and some measure of sanity.

Their heads are heads of rock, their hearts set upon rock. Set your sights on something higher. Something more grand.

Set your sights on something higher. Something more grand.

I don't care what it takes. I'm tired of being pretty and nice...I want to DO something.

Claim the stars, Spensa," he said.