Quotes About Ambition

It is never worth while to absolutely exhaust one's self or to take big chances unless for an adequate object.

Dreams are a dime a dozen. it's their execution that counts

Any man who has met with success, if he will be frank with himself, must admit that there has been a big element of fortune in the success.

We must dare to be great; and we must realize that greatness is the fruit of toil and sacrifice and high courage.

It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed." - Theodore Roosevelt

If a man does not have an ideal and try to live up to it, then he becomes a mean, base and sordid creature, no matter how successful.

Mantén tus ojos en las estrellas, y tus pies en la tierra

Who among you would teach your boys that ease, that peace, is to be the first consideration in their eyes—to be the ultimate goal after which they strive? You men of Chicago have made this city great, you men of Illinois have done your share, and more than your share, in making America great, because you neither preach nor practice such a doctrine.

It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed.

Keep your eyes on the stars, and your feet on the ground.

Whenever you are asked if you can do a job, tell 'em, 'Certainly I can!' Then get busy and find out how to do it.

You write out of need. You write out of hunger. It isn't your brilliance; it's the flaw in your makeup that drives you.

To be a catalyst is the ambition most appropriate for those who see the world as being in constant change, and who, without thinking that they control it, wish to influence its direction.

The fear of loneliness has been like a ball and chain restraining ambition, as much of an obstacle to a full life as persecution, discrimination or poverty. Until the chain is broken, freedom, for many, will remain a nightmare.

Petty ambition would seem to be a mean craving after distinction.

Another truth in life. People change when you have something they want.

My dad always taught me to never be satisfied, to want more and know that what is done is done.

And if the world does turn, and if London burns, I'll be standing on the beach with my guitar. I want to be in a band, when I get to Heaven. Anyone can play guitar, and they won't be a nothing anymore...

Y así, no cualquier cosa alcanzada o multiplicada exteriormente aprovecha; sino más bien la despreciada y desarraigada del corazón. No entiendas eso solamente de las posesiones y de las riquezas; sino también de la ambición de la honra, y deseo de vanas alabanzas, todo lo cual pasa con el mundo.

A life without a purpose is a languid, drifting thing. Every day we ought to renew our purpose, saying to ourselves: This day let us make a sound beginning, for what we have hitherto done is nought.

Show me a thoroughly satisfied man and I will show you a failure.

The reason a lot of people do not recognize opportunity is because it usually goes around wearing overalls looking like hard work.

Opportunity is missed by most because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.

You can't realize your dreams unless you have one to begin with.