Quotes About Ambition

But his youthful fire was all composed of sparks from the grindstone; and as the sparks flew off, went out, and never warmed anything ...

He was a mere child in the world, but he didn't cry for the moon. He said to the world, 'Go your several ways in peace! Wear red coats, blue coats, lawn-sleeves, put pens behind your ears, wear aprons; go after glory, holiness, commerce, trade, any object you prefer; only - let Harold Skimpole live!

Si nos detenemos cada vez que oímos dar con el pie en alguna puerta a esa viajera que nunca se detiene, no haríamos mucho ruido en el mundo. ¡No! ¡Adelante! Por los malos caminos si no hay otros, por los buenos si se puede; pero ¡adelante! Saltemos por encima de todos los obstáculos para llegar a la meta.

This is the even-handed dealing of the world!" he said. "There is nothing on which it is so hard as poverty; and there is nothing it professes to condemn with such severity as the pursuit of wealth!

Perhaps nobody ever accomplishes all that he feels lies in him to do but nearly every one who tries his power touches the walls of his being.

A man must have a certain amount of intelligent ignorance to get anywhere

Pride never admits its failures. Instead, the prideful person continues to push forward, blindly seeking self-gratification.

The race to the Moon

I've often said that I wished people could realize all their dreams and wealth and fame, so that they could see that it's not where you're going to find your sense of completion.

Don't spend too much of your life avoiding the sharp edges of shattered dreams.

By the time I have money to burn, my fire will have burnt out.

Opportunities are never lost; someone will take the one you miss.

The reason so many people never get anywhere in life is because, when opportunity knocks, they are out looking for four-leaf clovers.

The reason most people do not recognize an opportunity when they meet it is because it usually goes around wearing overalls and looking like Hard Work.

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

When your dreams turn to dust, vacuum.

A Political Warning & Prediction. — Let us guard against every enemy threatening the perpetuity of free republican institutions. If we are to have another contest in the near future of our national existence, I predict that the dividing line will not be Mason and Dixon's, but between patriotism and intelligence on the one side, and superstition, ambition, and ignorance on the other.

This is the first convention of the Space Age — when a candidate can promise the moon and mean it.

When you walk in purpose, you collide with destiny.

William Shakespeare, Cymbeline

If wishes would prevail with me, My purpose should not fail with me...

I'm quitting to pursue my dream of not working here.

Retire? That's ridiculous. What does it for you is to have something to get up for in the morning. Now, they say, you should retire at 70. When I was 70, I still had pimples.

If the good Lord had wanted people to stay on the ground, he would have given us roots.