Quotes About Ambition

associate with people whose mental attitudes inspire you with enthusiasm, self-confidence, determination, and ambition.

He had no money to begin with. He had but little education. He had no influence. But he did have initiative, faith, and the will to win.

One of the chief characteristics of Barnes' Desire was that it was definite.

It came little by little, beginning with a BURNING DESIRE to become a business associate of the great Edison.

Every person who wins in any undertaking must be willing to burn his ships and cut all sources of retreat. Only by so doing can one be sure of maintaining the state of mind known as a BURNING DESIRE TO WIN, essential to success.

set a high standard for yourself.

Hay dos tipos de hombres que nunca llegan a nada», decía Andrew Carnegie. «Uno es el que no hace lo que se le dice que haga. El otro es el que nunca hace más de lo que se le dice que haga y —añade— aquel que sale adelante hace lo que debe hacer sin que nadie le diga que lo haga, pero no se detiene ahí. Va más allá haciendo bastante más de lo que se espera de él.»

Show me a man's closest associates," said Thomas A. Edison, "and I will tell you what sort of character the man has and where he is going in life." Your

The motive of self-preservation The motive of financial gain The motive of love The motive of sexuality

idea, plan, or purpose

First. Fix in your mind the exact amount of money you desire.

I had learned, from years of experience with men, that when a man really desires a thing so deeply that he is willing to stake his entire future on a single turn of the wheel in order to get it, he is sure to win.

Keep your mind fixed on what you want in life, not on what you don't want.

nothing to start with, except the capacity to know what he wanted, and the determination to stand by that desire until he realized

fracasso é um trapaceiro com um aguçado senso de ironia e astúcia.

OPPORTUNITY has spread its wares before you. Step up to the front, select what you want, create your plan, put the plan into action, and follow through with PERSISTENCE.

The man who is certain to advance is the one who is too big for his place, and who has a clear concept of what he wants to be; who knows that he can become what he wants to be and who is determined to BE what he wants to be.

The moment you complete this, you will have DEFINITELY given concrete form to the intangible DESIRE. Read the preceding sentence once more.

I Will Never Stop Because Men Say No.

But he did have initiative, faith and the will to win.

Maybe young Barnes did not know it at the time, but his bulldog determination, his persistence in standing back of a single DESIRE, was destined to mow down all opposition, and bring him the opportunity he was seeking.

DESIRE OUTWITS MOTHER NATURE

where there's a will, there's a way.

You may as well know, right here, that you can never have riches in great quantities unless you can work yourself into a white heat of desire for money, and actually believe you will possess it.