Quotes About Ambition

I think you underestimate the stubbornness a crown can press into a man

as he walked, he moved with more determination. If only because he knew there were things in the world he didn't understand—and that meant, perhaps, there were possibilities he didn't see. Possibilities for survival.

When has any man ever been content with what he has? When has any tyrant said to himself, 'This is enough'?

Do what you can," Kelsier said. "I'll seek these people to the west." "They won't help." "I'm not going to ask for their help," Kelsier said, then smiled. "I'm going to rob them.

A man is what he has passion about. If you give up what you want most for what you think you should want more, you'll end up miserable.

That's where we belong, not in those caverns. The kids who make fun of you, they're trapped on this rock. Their heads are heads of rock, their hearts set upon rock. Set your sights on something higher. Something more grand.

On the three-hundredth anniversary of my birth, I finally managed to conquer the world.

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

I could not become a dragon. I am an utter and complete failure.

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Whatever this man wanted, Kelsier's instincts said that he shouldn't be allowed to have it.

You see," she said, "with the axe, it's easier to get ahead. . . .

They're trying to be good. But they're, you know, Alethi. Conquering folks is basically their primary cultural heritage.

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.

I've never understood one thing: Why do all these megalomaniac dictators, secret societies, mad scientists, and totalitarian aliens want to rule the world? I mean really? Don't they know what a pain in the neck it is to be in charge? People are always making unreasonable demands of kings. "Please save us from the invading Vandal hoards! Please make sure we have proper sanitation to prevent the spread of disease! Please stop beheading your wives so often; it's ruining the rugs!

I can't do the same," she said. "I remember being a child, and assuming the world belonged to me. That I'd be able to seize it when I grew older, accomplish my dreams, become something great. Yet as I've aged, I feel like less and less is under my control. I can't help thinking it shouldn't be that way. How could I have been so in control as a youth, yet often feel so helpless as an adult?

Don't dream the small dreams of other men.

He was afraid of stepping up, of becoming everything he could be—not because the powers themselves frightened him. But because if he tried, then the failure was far, far worse. At

Expectation wasn't just about what people expected of you. It was about what you expected of yourself.

It's okay. I'm a rhinoceros astronaut.

Vin was coming to realize that her old goal in life - simply staying alive - was uninspired. There was so much more she could be doing.

As soon as one revolution achieves its goal, another will begin to scheme.

When has any man ever been content with what he has?

Gotta grow up sometime, right? I've found that Ã¢â'¬Â¦ well, a man wantin' something don't make it true, you know?" Ranette