Quotes About Ambition

He who humbles himself wants to be exalted.

An therein lurks the cruelest truth of all. In the end, we are no different from every other cult, every other religion. Convincing ourselves of the righteousness of our path. Convincing ourselves that we alone hold to an immutable truth. Secure in the belief that everyone else is damned. But it was all a game, the sacred a playground for secular power struggles, venal ambition. What's left to believe in?

In success we shall find seeds of despair

Absence of doubt? No, nothing so egotistic as that. Nimander has plenty of doubts, so many that he's lost his fear of them. He accepts them as easily as anything else. Is that the secret? Is that the very definition of greatness?

Balance has an eternal enemy, and its name is ambition.

Taking up the sword is the last act of desperate men. Mark my words and find yourself a more worthy dream.

Don't get distracted, Ammanas. Laseen remains our target, and the collapse of the Empire she rules but never earned.

It is the curse of leaders to believe they can truly change the world. A curse that has even afflicted me, it seems.

Would've made a good Emperor, I said. Not wanting the job is the best and only qualification worth considering

Everyone saw her as such a capable person, and all the while she asked herself: capable of what? Will I ever find out? When is it my turn?

The rewards of wealth beyond measure had proved cold; only the hungry desire for that wealth hissed with heat.

Do you wander and wonder? Do you start at your own shadow, or awaken to rattling disbelief that this is all you are, prospects bleak, bereft of the proof of your ambition?

Steven Erikson

There were other things than love upon which to thrive." (MT, p140)

Maybe that fits. Maybe it's only right that we should be the ones to raise your standard, Fallen One. And ignorant historians will write of us, in the guise of knowledge. They will argue over our purpose – the things we sought to do. They will overturn every boulder, every barrow stone, seeking our motives. Looking for hints of ambition. They will compose a Book of the Fallen.

Ambition is not a dirty word. Piss on compromise. Go for the throat.

Let's not have any regrets when we walk off that field at the end of tonight,

Steven Gerrard with Donald McRae MY STORY

Look, I tried to get a paper route instead, but the newspapers keep burning up on reentry.

You have got to be good in that town if you want to beat the crowd.' So says young John on his first sight of New York City. THE CROWD (1928)

A VISION is a precise, clearly defined goal with a detailed plan and timetable for achieving that goal.

They converted their dreams into goals, their goals into steps, and their steps into tasks.

A lo largo de sus vidas, cada una de estas personas habló de la importancia de tener una visión clara de lo que querían conseguir antes de ponerse en marcha en la búsqueda de sus consecuciones.

Mesmo se você falhar em meio a algo ambicioso, é muito difícil falhar por completo"