Quotes About Ambition

When I went to college, my goal was to be a college history teacher. I majored in history.

Politics is the pursuit of trivial men who, when they succeed at it, become important in the eyes of more trivial men.

The architecture of our future is not only unfinished the scaffolding has hardly gone up.

Tis only right he say that every man should own his own piece o' land at some time or other. 'Tis the ambition of every man to do that same said thing, an' he say it ain't only poor, simple people like you an' me, but 'tis the way the big folks think too.

Part of the issue of achievement is to be able to set realistic goals, but that's one of the hardest things to do because you don't always know exactly where you're going, and you shouldn't.

Dreams are extremely important. You can't do it unless you imagine it.

We're a couple of shooting stars, Biggs, and we'll never be stopped.

We never find what we set out hearts on. We ought to be glad of that.

Everything was going my way. I was happily marching into the history books. Then it all just fell apart.

Well it looks like the road to heaven But it feels like the road to hell When I knew which side my bread was buttered I took the knife as well Posing for another picture Everybody's got to sell But when you shake your ass They notice fast And some mistakes were built to last.

No, I was never one of those positive people who believes he can have whatever he sets his sights on. I just kept working at it.

Those who seek to drag heaven down to earth are destined only to engineer a hell.

Everybody sets out to do something, and everybody does something, but no one does what he sets out to do.

Reality can destroy the dream; why shouldn't the dream destroy reality?

Self esteem is the dough that makes us rise to the top, or fall to the bottom of the heap ~ Tiffani S. Hall, American Poet & Writer

Even the people who have had success and made money writing these books of fiction seem to feel the need to pretend it's no big deal, or part of a natural progression from poetry to fiction, but often it's really just about the money, the perceived prestige.

There are kinds of people and kinds of work. There are people who file and people who pile. There are doers and dreamers.

It's normally the kiss of death to be identified as a rising star, or someone to watch.

You've got to dream a little bit if you're going to get somewhere.

I have always said I will be in politics to serve as best as I can and it will take me wherever it will take me.

It's hard to put a leash on a dog once you've put a crown on its head.

I'll go to war with him if I have to. They can write a ballad about us, "The War For Cersei's Cunt."

Chaos isn't a pit. Chaos is a ladder.

You want to lead one day? Then learn how to follow.