Quotes About Ambition

Well, we want such different things from men. You earnestly want someone who will help you reform society." Mary smiled. "Whereas you . . . ?" ". . . just want a tall man and a stiff drink. You could even swap the adjectives." Mary

If your goal is to be the biggest movie star in the world, a 10-movie contract is gold. It was never my goal. Up until now, I made movies - and I have a nice house, a nice car. I'm fortunate, happy and grateful. Life is good.

The world is your oyster. It's up to you to find the pearls.

But if you don't take the necessary steps to make them happen, dreams are just mirages that mess with your head!

Mr. Gardner, why people gotta keep you down when you have your dream?" Again, I was having a long overdue conversation with myself. "Well," I said, "people who can't do something themselves, they're jealous, so they wanna tell you that you can't do it. But you know what? You got a dream, it's yours and you gotta protect it. So, don't let anyone tell you that you can't. If you want something, go get it. Period.

Don't listen to them," I said. "In fact, don't ever let anybody tell you that you can't do something. Not your parents, your teachers. Nobody.

be in it to win it.

Who knows, Walter? Maybe I can.

Jerome doesn't have a clue. He in fact avoids the poets, with their petty feuds and righteous poverty. Endlessly competitive and introspective, they live in dumpy slum apartments and would knife each other for $5. Jerome prefers the painters and the film-makers who live in Soho and Tribeca. There's money there, at least the things they fight about are real.

When I grew up, I only had two dreams. One was to be a cowboy and another was to be in the military. I grew up extremely patriotic and riding horses.

Intelligence is not mandatory for business or creative success. It helps, but determination and enthusiasm are more important.

the abilities to innovate, to remain flexible and adapt constantly, to set ambitious goals, to think globally, to move quickly, to take risks.

se mantenían convencidos de que el rendimiento de la más alta calidad se obtenía cuando los individuos y los equipos apuntaban más alto.

Cómo crearon los jesuitas la compañía religiosa de más éxito en la historia? ¿Y cómo llegan los individuos a ser líderes hoy? Conociéndose a sí mismos. Innovando para amoldarse a un mundo cambiante. Amando al prójimo. Apuntando muy alto y más lejos.

It's not such a bad idea, at any time, to be seen as FIGHTING, especially when you might just win.

And like anyone who is in valiant pursuit of a dream, the ups and downs come and go, but the dream lives in the heart forever.

And like anyone who is in valiant pursuit of dreams, the ups and downs come and go, but the dream lives in the heart forever.

Real men" might have fabs, but Silicon Valley's new wave of semiconductor entrepreneurs didn't.

You've been handed a chance in life, and I want you to grab it with both hands and not look back.

The fact that you wish to become extremely successful must mean that you currently do not see yourself as such. Therefore, you need to change. The question you should be asking is what do you need to become?

Everything you desire is always just outside your comfort zone, dear boy. If it wasn't you would already possess it, would you not?

Quite so. Quite right. And yet human beings, who dream of becoming more successful often fool themselves into believing that it can happen without changing a single thing about themselves. They believe that success is some mysterious external factor that will just sort itself out while they sleep

I now know that success can not choose me. It is waiting on a path that I must walk. In truth, it waits there for everyone. Many do not know where the path begins. Some search for a shortcut to the end. But the majority of the world does not even realise there is a path there at all.

We have to challenge ourselves and be innovative so as to change the world. Get to this level of thinking. No small dreams, do big things!