Quotes About Ambition

Life contains but two tragedies. One is not to get your heart's desire; the other is to get it.

You only get out of it what you put into it. If you are a sheep in this world, you're not going to get much out of it.

Wisdom is to have dreams big enough not to lose sight when we pursue them.

It is better to risk starving to death then surrender. If you give up on your dreams, what's left?

When they say the sky's the limit to me that's really true

The more you seek security, the less of it you have. But the more you seek opportunity, the more likely it is that you will achieve the security that you desire.

Everything you do is triggered by an emotion of either desire or fear.

The prime necessities for success in life are money, athleticism, tailor made clothes and a charming smile.

Willing is not enough, we must do.

I doubt if a charging elephant, or a rhino, is as determined or hard to check as a socially ambitious mother.

Not doing more than the average is what keeps the average down.

You come into the world with nothing, and the purpose of your life is to make something out of nothing.

The poorest of men are the most useful to those seeking power.

It is a most mortifying reflection for a man to consider what he has done, compared to what he might have done.

Scoutmasters need to enter into boys' ambitions.

Ambition, fueled by compassion, wisdom and integrity, is a powerful force for good that will turn the wheels of industry and open the doors of opportunity for you and countless others.

It shows considerable wisdom to know what you want in life and then to direct all your energies towards getting it.

What if God were not exactly truth, and if this could be proved? And if he were instead the vanity, the desire for power, the ambitions, the fear, and the enraptured and terrified folly of mankind?

If you don't know where you want to be in five years, how do you ever expect to get there?

A dream with a deadline is a goal.

Building a career or a company is about living a few years of your life like most people won't so that you can spend the rest of your life living at a level most people can't.

With your goal you make the one.

A big desire is not enough to meet the expectations of lost dreams.

So we recast the wisdom of the great thinkers in the shape of our illusions. They are shiny from their makeovers, they are fabulous and gorgeous, and they want us to know that we can have it all.