Quotes About Ambition

When did it become something of shame or ridicule to be a self-made man in America?

What man would dare believe that all he planned might come to pass?

A man of but mediocre talent who is furiously driven by deep desire will get somewhere. He who doesn't desire deeply isn't hurt much by failure.

Man never knows what he wants; he aspires to penetrate mysteries and as soon as he has, wants to re-establish them. Ignorance irritates him and knowledge cloys.

Fame is a food that dead men eat, I have no stomach for such meat.

Through want of enterprise and faith men are where they are, buying and selling and spending their lives like servants.

There are two considerations which always imbitter the heart of an avaricious man--the one is a perpetual thirst after more riches, the other the prospect of leaving what he has already acquired.

Every man is in some sort a failure to himself. No one ever reaches the heights to which he aspires.

A man without ambition is like a beautiful worm - it can creep, but it cannot fly.

I have always been pushed by the negative. The apparent failure of a play sends me back to my typewriter that very night, before the reviews are out. I am more compelled to get back to work than if I had a success.

Make voyages - Attempt them - there's nothing else...

However, at 17 years old, I was ready to face any challenge and tackle any obstacles blocking the road to my dreams. I was ready to take on the world. I was unstoppable. Bygones were bygones. The future, however uncertain it might be, awaited me.

Screw the punch; you want a knock-out, don't you?

Resolve can take many forms. It can flourish within a daily routine, a list prepared each night and answered each day. Or it can take a more organic form, a desire formed and kept in view, something to move toward as time and circumstance allow.

It is true that I might stumble for trying to do too much too soon, but it is also certain that I will never succeed if I hope for too little, or out of fear of failing start not at all.

Some people aspire to achieve, others are content with just existing. Question is - are you a sheep or a herder?

My future's about trying to be a better man.

Ben's chances in the campaign.

Chase down your passion like it's the last bus of the night.

Work hard, enrobe yourself in velvet hope, and rule your world!

Never stop pedaling to power your dreams.

Put on your dream hat and dance all the way to success!

There is no need to reach high for the stars. They are already within you — just reach deep into yourself!

Follow your passion, and success will follow you.