Quotes About Ambition

It is my job-no,-my privilege-to make the fire become an inferno. -Gray

When you step toward a dream, you step away from a regret

One good thing about being young is that you are not experienced enough to know you cannot possibly do the things you are doing.

I've invented entire royal bloodlines—and, on a couple of occasions, entire countries—just to get into decent parties

Pretty much everyone took over the world at least once back in the day. I even thought about it a couple of times.

What is success? It is a toy balloon among children armed with pins.

Can any American child grow up to be president? Probably not, however fond we might be of the idea. Perhaps a better question is: what well-adjusted tyke would want the job?

little fish learn to be big fish in little ponds.

I had seen of Gus and the astronauts indicated that they had the "right stuff.

Inspiration is usually stingy.

Rejections are not obstacles to a career. They're simply things that don't work and can do us no harm. Fearing rejection can do harm. It stops you from continuing.

It is the struggle itself that is most important. We must strive to be more than we are. It does not matter that we will not reach our ultimate goal. The effort itself yields its own reward.

Men want success and sex. Women want everything.

You actually don't need much. But that doesn't mean you shouldn't have it all.

If you are lazy, and accept your lot, you may live in it. If you are willing to work, you can write your name anywhere you choose.

I had been offered a Hollywood contract before my 18th birthday. It gave me the spark I needed.

Everything Is a dream until you decide to make it real

Strong-minded women with a cause accepted even fewer excuses than the average gangster, when it came to getting what they wanted, and what they wanted right now was Irene making a speech.

the question i am asked daily by the world... was that all you wanted?

He has no goals in life. Unless you count being a professional soccer player, which is totally unrealistic.

Why is it so important to attack your competitors during a tornado instead of serve your customers? Why, specifically, was Larry Ellison once quoted as saying, citing Genghis Khan, "It is not enough that we win—all others must lose"?

Why me?' cries out the unsuccessful entrepreneur. Or rather 'Why not me?' 'Why not us?' chorus his equally unsuccessful investors. 'Look at our product. Is it not as good--nay, better--than the product that beat us out?'.... In fact, feature for feature, the less successful product is often arguably superior.

What thyng we may nat lightly have,Thereafter wol we crie al day and crave.

The most important thing about having goals is having one.