Quotes About Ambition

You're trapped both ways. You do as you are told and you do things that you think will make you big, but all the time you're shrinking.

The only thing that separates successful people from the ones who aren't is the willingness to work very, very hard.

I'm leaving the screen because I don't think I am very good in the pictures and I have this beautiful dream that I'm elegant on the stage.

Always aim for achievement, and forget about success.

I just stuffed it into the container of my dream.

Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experiences of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, vision cleared, ambition inspired and success achieved.

A man can't make a place for himself in the sun if he keeps taking refuge under the family tree.

It is for us to pray not for tasks equal to our powers, but for powers equal to our tasks, to go forward with a great desire forever beating at the door of our hearts as we travel toward our distant goal.

One can never consent to creep when one feels an impulse to soar.

Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, vision cleared, ambition inspired, and success achieved.

I want to warn twentysomething women that the old bargain has not changed all that much. You can only have it all if you do it all.

She ought to know that if you want to set yourself up as queen and have everything the way you want it and keep sisters apart then you're not going to have a big fan club. She ought to know that where there's a queen there's often a plot to overthrow her.

She wants to know how it feels to be absolutely sure that you haven't done anything wrong. She's not intimidated either—she doesn't believe for a second that these people aren't tryhards just like her. They're tryhards who succeed, that's all. Their striving is never past tense; it's merely concealed.

I was looking for a husband, but meanwhile to survive, I had to work.

the fact that I was dreaming of retirement at the age of 33 was probably an indicator that something had to change. I

had a job I'd worked hard for in an industry I'd been toiling in for more than a decade. But once I got the role I'd been striving towards, I realised I wasn't actually any happier – just busier.

You know you're going to get taxed a lot anyway, so you may as well just focus on doing what you love, rather than what's going to land you a massive salary.

The lines between being assertive or being aggressive, taking charge or being overly ambitious, and being nice or being ineffective are so blurred (by both sexes) that hitting the right note can feel impossible. In

Confidence spark When interviewing for an ambitious assignment, make a list of the skills you have, the skills you need to learn, and the tasks that can be delegated. Now address your fear of not being able to handle the situation, and see the truth as it is. You have several skills, and you can learn or delegate the rest. Breaking down the job into its various parts may also help. What daily tasks can you do right now? Which ones will you assign to someone else?

it's about conveying the image of where you want to be, not where you are.

For young girls, whom I meet a lot when I travel around the country, it will be a big thing. It will really show them that there's no post in Denmark that a girl can't aspire to.

Mucho antes de que Billy Wilder fuera Billy Wilder, ya se comportaba como si fuera Billy Wilder

By achieving these small goals you can use the winner effect to gain momentum on achieving bigger goals. Essentially you feel more confident.

The history of the world is the record of a man in quest of his daily bread and butter.