Quotes About Ambition

Quem não sabe para onde vai não chega a parte nenhuma.

Making money isn't hard in itself,' he complained. 'What's hard is to earn it doing something worth devoting one's life to.

Destiny is usually just around the corner... But what destiny does not do is home visits. You have to go for it.

If you don't know where you're going, you won't get anywhere

Never underestimate a writer's vanity, especially that of a mediocre writer. (The Angel's Game)

A mesquinhez dos homens' — costumava dizer — 'é um pavio em busca da chama'.

Toda a arte é agressiva, Isabella. E toda a vida de artista é uma pequena ou uma grande guerra, a começar pelo próprio e pelas suas limitações. Para chegar a alguma coisa que te proponhas é preciso primeiro a ambição e depois o talento, o conhecimento e, por fim, a oportunidade.

Ahhoz, hogy bármit elérj az életben, elÅ'ször becsvágy kell, aztán tehetség, aztán ismeret, és végül egy jó alkalom.

El que no sabe adónde va no llega a ninguna parte. -[...] Dame tiempo y yo te la contruiré. -¿Lo prometes? -Te lo prometo.

Destiny is usually around the corner. Like a thief, like a hooker, or a lottery vendor: its three most common personifications. But what destiny does not do is home visits. You have to go for it

Estimating that his merits would never earn him a penny or the position he coveted and felt entitled to, he decided to carve out a career for himself, cultivating a click of like-minded chums with home to exchange privileges, excluding those he envied.

Sokan hajlamosak vagyunk úgy tekinteni az emberekre, mint a lottószelvényekre: azt hisszük, az a dolguk, hogy valóra váltsák az álmainkat.

fille d'un riche fabricant de machines textiles qui avait fait fortune en partant de rien, au prix d'efforts et de sacrifices immenses consentis surtout par les autres.

Destiney is usually just around the corner. Like a thief, a hooker, or a lottery vendor: its three most common personifications. But what destiny does not do is home visits. You have to go for it.

burro y con la zanahoria en ristre.

root of my literary ambitions, apart from the marvelous simplicity with which one sees things at the age of five, lay in a prodigious piece of craftsmanship and precision that was exhibited in a fountain-pen shop on Calle Anselmo Clavé

Slušaju?i ga, palo mi je na pamet da mi u tom trenutku zadovoljstvo može priuštiti samo da zapalim pola svijeta i izgorim s njim.

Look, Daniel. Destiny is usually just around the corner. Like a thief, a hooker, or a lottery vendor: its three most common personifications. But what destiny does not do is home visits. You have to go for it.

O futuro não se deseja,merece-se.

La política es a menudo refugio de artistas mediocres y fracasados.

It's not such a bad idea. Self-deceit is the key to all impossible ventures.

Cuando le ofrecí este don, apelé a la codicia de la mente para tentarle. Quiero que acepte también este humilde amuleto, que tal vez algún día apelará a la sabiduría de su alma si el precio de la ambición es demasiado alto…".

No more doing things for nothing, Fernandito. Welcome to capitalism.' 'Don't they say that's really bad?' 'Worse. And you're going to love it.

Sleep is for dreamers.