Quotes About Ambition

Who builds in stone seeks to alter the structure of the universe.

whoever approaches his goal dances

A man is always right to pursue the thing he loves. No matter even if it kills him? I think so. Yes. No matter what.

This the day to shape the days upon.

I ain't ahead by a damn sight. I never will be.

You see a man, he scratchin to make it. Think once he got it made everthing be all right. But you dont never have it made. Dont care who you are. Look up one mornin and you a old man. You aint got nothin to say to your brother. Dont know no more'n when you started.

I knew that courage came with less struggle for some than for others but I believed that anyone who desired it could have it. That the desire was the thing itself. The thing itself. I could think of nothing else of which that was true.

If I think about what I wanted as a kid and what I want now they aint the same thing. I guess what I wanted wasnt what I wanted.

And I said no ma'am I just aim to quit. I ain't ahead by a damn sight. I never will be.

Daybreak to backbreak for a godgiven dollar, said Billy. I love this life. You love this life, son? I love this life. You do love this life dont you? Cause by god I love it. Just love it.

How clear one's own desires become once they are made impossible.

No, it wasn't quite true that John had no conscience at all. Everyone had one. But there were many voices in his head that had an easier time reaching him: his ambition, his desire for fame and success—and for revenge.

only the powerful were hated, and that was what he was meant to be in this world. Powerful.

Therese of Austry would have made a great treasure hunter if she hadn't been born the daughter of an Emperor.

Darkness always had its part to play. Without it, how would we know when we walked in the light? It's only when its ambitions become too grandiose that it must be opposed, disciplined, sometimes – if necessary – brought down for a time. Then it will rise again, as it must.

Darkness always had its part to play. Without it, how would we know when we walked in the light? It's only when its ambitions become too grandiose that it must be opposed, disciplined, sometimes — if necessary — brought down for a time. Then it will rise again, as it must. Clive Barker, Abarat

We don't care about what you did yesterday—we care about what you're going to do tomorrow.

Never underestimate the power of a kid who is time-rich and cash-poor, as a foolish boy once

All people end up somewhere in life, but few end up there on purpose.

Social climbers strive to be aristocrats but their efforts prove them no such thing. Aristocrats do not strive; they have already arrived. Swing is a state of arrival.

I wanted to be a King who would found a New World, not in some misty country far across the seas, but right here, right now, at home.

A GIANT heart Needs a GIANT life! GIANT arms Can hold a world! Let me lead a GIANT'S life! No little steps, no holding back! A GIANT'S way, a GIANT'S track! Let my mistakes Be GIANT ones! For I can't live in little worlds! I need the space to run my fill I need to jump from hill to hill And if you take my woods from me I'll wander out into the sea And try to find another world So I can live a GIANT'S life!

Part of getting what you want is asking for it.

Some people who run for office want to create change, and some want everyone to fall in love with them.