Quotes About Ambition

A man whose desire is to be something separate from himself, to be a member of Parliament, or a successful grocer, or a prominent solicitor, or a judge, or something equally tedious, invariably succeeds in being what he wants to be.  That is his punishment.  Those who want a mask have to wear it.

My dear fellow, it isn't easy to be anything nowadays. There's such a lot of beastly competition about.

Position and wealth are not everything.

Frank Harris has no feelings. It is the secret of his success. Just as the fact that he thinks that other people have none either is the secret of the failure that lies in wait for him somewhere on the way of Life.

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Greatly he failed, but he had greatly dared.

Fortune resists half-hearted prayers.

The spirited horse, which will try to win the race of its own accord, will run even faster if encouraged.

For such a career I lacked both endurance and inclination: the stress of ambition left me cold, while the Muse, the creative spirit, was forever urging on me that haven of leisure to which I'd always leaned. The poets of those days I cultivated and cherished: for me, bards were so many gods.

All other creatures look down toward the earth, but man was given a face so that might turn his eyes toward the stars and his gaze upon the sky.

and I will reach the stars with the crown of my head

To wish for what you want is not enough; With ardent longing you must strive for it.

Winds sweep the summits, envy seeks the heights.

But if I had lived to be twenty-nine years old like I am, and with all my chances made no enemy, I'd feel myself a failure.

You've got to try and take things to the next level, or you'll just get stuck in a rut.

I believe there is little you cannot do once you set your mind to it.

I want to be a Huntress when I grow up! shouted a voice from the throng. Kyna rolled her eyes and shook her head. You can't be a Huntress, Liam. You're not a centaur and you're not a female.

If I can't have my own mate and my own children, then I can at least have my own kingdom.

He felt like a man who, chasing rainbows, has had one of them suddenly turn and bite him in the leg.

From my earliest years I had always wanted to be a writer. It was not that I had any particular message for humanity. I am still plugging away and not the ghost of one so far, so it begins to look as though, unless I suddenly hit mid-season form in my eighties, humanity will remain a message short.

Every author really wants to have letters printed in the paper. Unable to make the grade, he drops down a rung of the ladder and writes novels.

She came leaping towards me, like Lady Macbeth coming to get first-hand news from the guest-room.

These dreamer types do live, don't they?

This is the age of the specialist, and years ago Rollo had settled on his career. Even as a boy, hardly capable of connected thought, he had been convinced that his speciality, the one thing he could do really well, was to inherit money.