Quotes About Ambition

Desire without a plan is only a dream

But if life could be worse, didn't that mean it could also be better?'" As it was, he settled for odd jobs, harvesting occasional crops, living a life that was destined never to rise above the menial. He was proof that the muzzling of motivation only makes for mediocrity, that every man needs a purpose. -The Orphan Keeper

It never occurred to me that I'd be on a television show or in feature films but when those came into play my dreams changed along the way.

You don't have to do everything by the time you're 30. Or 40. All you need is a work ethic. It's what allows you to push through moments of disappointment and self-doubt and fear.

You need characters who want things. They want love, they want recognition, they want happiness.

I know I'm not a wordsmith. And I don't write poetry. Sometimes I think I should, because it's really helpful. But I always wanted to write novels.

Whoever we are here, we might be princesses somewhere else. Or writers. Or scientists. Or presidents. Or whatever the hell we want to be that everyone else says we can't.

Today I know that there is still work to be done, but along the way my I am achieving my dreams.

Dreams are, by definition, cursed with short life spans.

To a young man who has in himself the magnificent possibilities of life, it is not fitting that he should be permanently commanded. He should be a commander. JAMES A. GARFIELD

This world," he had learned long before, "does not seem to be the place to carry out one's wishes.

Aware that there was talk of making him a candidate in the presidential election of 1880, Garfield hoped to avoid the grasp of other men's ambitions and to be given a chance to wait for the future. However, he had already lived a long life for a young man and he knew that change came without invitation. Too often bringing loss and sorrow in its wake. This world, he had learned long before, does not seem to be the place to carry out ones' wishes.

during his first year at the Eclectic that, by his second year, the school had promoted him from janitor to assistant professor.

Always more audacity.

Although Churchill was quick to believe every good thing ever said about his potential, he wasn't willing to leave anything to chance.

She had discovered early that what we want out of life can change; that the important thing is to learn to recognize or even simply just to admit what we really want, and then to have the courage to reach for it.

People always used to say to me, 'Don't you want your own show? That'd be so cool if you had your own show.' I said, 'You know, it's not gonna happen. So - no.'

The great thing in this world is not so much where we are, but in what direction we are moving. Oliver Wendell Holmes

Ambition leads me not only farther than any other man has been before me, but as far as I think it possible for man to go.

Si las mujeres de esta familia no hubieran sido tan estúpidas y los hombres tan ambiciosos, se habrían ahorrado años de dolor.

I want to be in 'Glee ' but I'm told I'm not famous enough to be a cameo yet.

Happy are those who dream dreams And are willing to pay the price to see them come true

Dream is not so different from deed as many believe," he wrote. "All activity of men begins as dream and later becomes dream once more.

A rock pile ceases to be a rock pile the moment a single man contemplates it, bearing within him the image of a cathedral." —Antoine De Saint-Exupery