Quotes About Ambition

He who begins many things finishes but few.

The man who seeks one thing in life, and but one May hope to achieve it before life be done. But he who seeks all things wherever he goes Only reaps from the hopes which around him he sows A harvest of barren regrets.

If you would be Pope, you must think of nothing else.

One should want only one thing and want it constantly. Then one is sure of getting it. But I desire everything, and consequently get nothing.

All men seek one goal: success or happiness.

Your goal should be out of reach but not out of sight.

I've always had such high expectations for myself. I'm aware of them, but I can't relax them.

I want to be great, or nothing. I won't be a commonplace dauber, so I don't intend to try any more.

The state of the world today demands that women become less modest and dream/plan/act/risk on a larger scale.

People don't pay much attention to you when you are second best. I wanted to see what it felt like to be number one.

In the long run men hit only what they aim at. Therefore, though they should fall immediately, they had better aim at something high.

Each time I leaped I seemed to touch the sky and when I regained earth it seemed to be mine alone.

It's not enough to just swing at the ball. You've got to loosen your girdle and really let it fly.

The most absurd and reckless aspirations have sometimes led to extraordinary success.

I might have been born in a hovel but I am determined to travel with the wind and the stars.

A lot of young girls have looked to their career paths and have said they'd like to be chief. There's been a change in the limits people see.

[My father] said, Don't grow up to be a woman, and what he meant by that was, a housewife ... without any interests.

People think that at the top there isn't much room. They tend to think of it as an Everest. My message is that there is tons of room at the top.

I am always more interested in what I am about to do than in what I have already done.

Tell them that as soon as I can walk I'm going to fly!

He who demands little gets it.

I was born to be a remarkable woman; it matters little in what way or how. ... I shall be famous or I will die.

Too low they build, who build beneath the stars.

I have the same goal I've had ever since I was a little girl. I want to rule the world.