Quotes About Ambition

No man who is resolved to make the most of himself,' said Lincoln, 'can spare time for personal contention.

Try to fix firmly in your mind what you would like to do; and then, without veering off direction, you will move straight to the goal.

The principle? Let Charles Schwab say it in his own words: "The way to get things done," says Schwab, "is to stimulate competition. I do not mean in a sordid, money-getting way, but in the desire to excel.

we only move toward what moves us.

Se alguém avança de maneira confiante na direção de seus sonhos e se empenha em viver a vida que imaginou, encontrará nas horas comuns um sucesso inesperado.

For life is too short to be little.

Sigmund Freud dizia que tudo o que fazemos é provocado por duas causas: o impulso sexual e o desejo de ser grande.

PRINCIPLE 3 Arouse in the other person an eager want.

Such was the spirit of the immortal Caesar. Why not make it yours, too, as you set out to conquer your fear of audiences? Throw every shred of negative thought into the consuming fires and slam doors of steel upon every escape into the irresolute past.

But there is one longing—almost as deep, almost as imperious, as the desire for food or sleep—which is seldom gratified. It is what Freud calls 'the desire to be great.' It is what Dewey calls the 'desire to be important.

There is no limit to what a man can do, or where he can go, if he doesn't mind who gets the credit.

By 1914, having tapped into the average American's desire to have more self-confidence, Carnegie was earning around five hundred dollars every week. By 1916, he was able to rent the Carnegie Hall in order to lecture to a packed house.

If you can't be a highway, then just be a trail, If you can't be the sun, be a star; It isn't by size that you win or you fail— Be the best of whatever you are!

The person who gets the farthest is generally the one who is willing to do and dare. The sure-thing boat never gets far from shore.

Preliminary 1: Determining Your Desire

You can't jump for the stars if your feet hurt.

Nothing is more creative...nor destructive...than a brilliant mind wiht a purpose

Politics is a desperate business.

You can't jump for the stars if your feet hurt. And when you get where you're going, you darn well better look great!

the NSA lived by its motto: Everything is possible. The impossible just takes longer.

Nothing is more creative … nor destructive … than a brilliant mind with a purpose.

Nothing is more creative Ã¢â'¬Â¦ nor destructive Ã¢â'¬Â¦ than a brilliant mind with a purpose.

El hombre llega mucho más lejos para evitar lo que teme que para alcanzar lo que desea.

Nothing is more creative … nor destructive … than a brilliant mind with a purpose. By