Quotes About Ambition

Ambitions and dreams put you at a drinking table with unexpected companions. Cups were filled and refilled, making you drunk with the illusion of changing the world.

C'était aussi un ambitieux, estima-t-elle, mais seulement à la façon des gens trop zélés qui craignent de voir dérangé l'ordre d'une vie bien établie. Aucun feu intérieur n'animait cet homme.

Ambitious failure, magnificent failure, is a very good thing.

What I liked about American movies when I was a kid was that they're sort of larger than life and I think I'm still suffering from that reaction.

What was the use of fighting unless you could see something ahead to fight for?

The beauty of having nothing to lose is that you have everything to gain

I remember when I was in school, they would ask, 'What are you going to be when you grow up?' and then you'd have to draw a picture of it. I drew a picture of myself as a bride.

grown up poor in the midst of Southern California affluence, graduated from Stanford Law School, and held a series of jobs, including corporate lawyer, developer of vast Southern California orange groves, and deputy chair of

Maud went to college.Sadie stayed at home.Sadie scraped lifeWith a fine-tooth comb.

My dad always said he couldn't remember a time when I did not want to act.

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I want to go ahead of Father Time with a scythe of my own.

His studies were pursued but never effectually overtaken.

The only true measure of success is the ratio between what we might have done and what we might have been on the one hand, and the thing we have made and the things we have made of ourselves on the other.

Nothing leads so straight to futility as literary ambitions without systematic knowledge.

Think big thoughts but relish small pleasures.

Never give up on a dream just because of the length of time it will take to accomplish it. The time will pass anyway. 1277

There are people who will always come up with reasons why you can't do what you want to do. Ignore them. 601

Set aside your dreams for your children and help them attain their own dreams.

Never give up on a dream just because of the length of time it will take to accomplish it. The time will pass anyway.

Never give up on a dream just because of the length of time it will take to accomplish it. The time will pass anyway. Remember that anything worth doing is going to take longer than you think.

Never give up on what you really want to do. The person with big dreams is more powerful than one with all the facts.

Decide what you want, decide what you are willing to exchange for it. Establish your priorities and go to work.