Quotes About Ambition

Barnes succeeded because he chose a definite goal, placed all his energy, all his will power, all his effort, everything, back of that goal.

One of the main weaknesses of mankind is the average person's familiarity with the word 'impossible'. He knows all the rules that will not work. He knows all the things that cannot be done. This book was written for those who seek the rules that have made others successful, and are willing to stake everything on those rules.

I stopped three feet from gold, but I will never stop because men say 'no' when I ask them to buy insurance." Darby

Select your goal and make good, deep, wide mental paths leading straight to it.

When he went to Orange, he did not say to himself, "I will try to induce Edison to give me a job of some sort." He said, "I will see Edison, and put him on notice that I have come to go into business with him.

He did not say, "I will keep my eyes open for another opportunity, in case I fail to get what I want in the Edison organization." He said, "There is but one thing in this world that I am determined to have, and that is a business association with Thomas A. Edison.

The men of greatest achievement are men with highly developed sex natures; men who have learned the art of sex transmutation.

I will burn all bridges behind me, and stake my entire future on my ability to get what I want.

Whatever we want in our outward life in material expression, we must first build into our mental life, into our Ideals, Purposes and Will.

For you to have success, you – the person that's reading this right now – for you to have success, you have to be insane.

Definiteness of purpose.

Tell the world what you intend to do, but first show it." This is the equivalent of saying that "deeds, and not words, are what count most.

Emphasis of title.

El deseo ardiente de ser y de hacer es el punto de partida desde el cual debe comenzar el soñador. Los sueños no nacen de la indiferencia, la pereza o la falta de ambición.

Riches do not respond to wishes. They respond only to definite plans, backed by definite desires, through constant persistence.

The greatest achievement was, at first, and for a time, but a dream.

The object of concentrating upon a definite aim is to train the mind until it forms the habit of focusing upon that aim.

and A Lifetime of Riches: The Biography of Napoleon Hill

Weak desires bring weak results, just as a small amount of fire makes a small amount of heat. If you find yourself lacking in persistence, this weakness may be remedied by building a stronger fire under your desires.

Motive is the seed from which big sales grow.

motive must contain the life germ or it will not germinate into a sale.

Napoleon Hill

Somehow the Creator seems to favor those who know precisely what they want and what they do not want.

Napoleon Hill