Quotes About Ambition

Men are anxious to improve their circumstances, but are unwilling to improve themselves; they therefore remain bound. The man who does not shrink from self-crucifixion can never fail to accomplish the object upon which his heart is set.

Those who cherish a beautiful vision, a lofty ideal in their hearts, will one day realize it.

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He who cherishes a beautiful vision, a lofty ideal in his heart, will one day realize it.

Do not long to do great and laudable things; these will do themselves if you do your present task nobly.

Men are demanding to improve their circumstances, however are unwilling to improve themselves; they consequently stay sure. The guy who does now not cut back from self-crucifixion can never fail to perform the object upon which his heart is about.

Intellectual achievements are the result of thought con- secrated to the search for knowledge or for the beauti- ful and true in nature. Such achievements may some- times be connected with vanity and ambition, but they are not the outcome of those characteristics. They are the natural outgrowth of long and arduous effort, and of pure and unselfish thoughts.

Men are anxious to improve their circumstances, but are unwilling to improve themselves; they therefore remain bound. The man who does not shrink from self-crucifixion can never fail to accomplish the object upon which his heart is set... Even the man whose object is to acquire wealth must be prepared to make great personal sacrifices before he can accomplish his object.

it is us and only us who can be the architect of our success or future.

To desire is to obtain; to aspire is to, achieve.

You will be what you will to be;

You will become as small as your controlling desire; as great as your dominant aspiration:

You will rise as high as your greatest aspiration, or fall as low as your

The great man has become such by the scrupulous and unselfish attention which he has given to small duties. He has become wise and powerful by sacrificing ambition and pride in the doing of those necessary things which evoke no applause and promise no reward. He never sought greatness; he sought faithfulness, unselfishness, integrity, truth; and in finding these in the common round of small tasks and duties he unconsciously ascended to the level of greatness.

Men are anxious to improve their circumstances, but are unwilling to improve themselves; they therefore remain bound. The

Before a man can achieve anything, even in worldly things, he must lift his thoughts above slavish animal indulgence. He may not, in order to succeed, give up all animality and selfishness, by any means; but a portion of it must, at least, be sacrificed. A man whose first thought is bestial indulgence could neither think clearly nor plan methodically;

Talent had destroyed him. Talent is the tiniest of sparks. A spark lights the fire. But you have to feed the fire more fuel to keep it going. Else it dies out.

The only truly safe thing you can do is to try over and over again. To go for it, to get rejected, to repeat, to strive, to wish. Without rejection there is no frontier, there is no passion, and there is no magic. How

I think it is often easier to make progress on mega-ambitious dreams. Since no one else is crazy enough to do it, you have little competition. In fact, there are so few people this crazy that I feel like I know them all by first name.

Maybe most the important thing I learned was one thing he said to me toward the end: "Are you willing to do whatever it takes to make the thing that excites you come true? Are you fearless?

The key to an enriched life is to have a burning desire. Wayne

Nothing comes to a sleeper but a dream. Our dad used to say that." Dreams are in the head. But action creates growth, creates skill, creates excellence.

what if you have a job? Get rid of it. You ultimately don't need it. You ultimately will be pushed out of it.

Not everyone is an entrepreneur. Not everyone wants to be one.