Quotes About Ambition

Don't say, "If I could, I would." Say, "If I can, I will."

They did not know it was impossible so they did it

Great accomplishments start with great aspirations.

But my attitude about it is I have miles to go before I sleep.

One characteristic of winners is they always look upon themselves as a do it yourself project.

Mind is all that counts. You can be whatever you make up your mind to be.

If you have enough push, you don't have to worry about the pull.

Our attitude determines our altitude.

I would rather be first in a little Iberian village than second in Rome.

First we will be best, then we will be first

The Land of Opportunity is an attitude.

I always knew I was a hit record just waiting to happen.

For early employees you want people that have somewhat of a risk-taking attitude.

As far as businesses, I was always hustling. I had to pay for my own school. I got 20 bucks every week or 2 from my dad and that was it. So I had a "whatever it took" attitude.

The overall objective—net zero carbon by 2050—is a daunting ambition. How daunting is underscored by the estimate that, for Europe to achieve its target, per capita emissions will have to decline to the level of India, where the per capita income is about $2,000 a year, compared to Europe's $38,000.

There was nothing you couldn't do if you wanted it bad enough, and were willing to work hard enough to get it.

What's ready? Was Steinback ready? Hemingway? Shakespeare? Dickens? Jane Austen? They just did it, didn't they?

You can have anything you want, if you go out and get it. If you claim it as your own. You have a right to it.

I don't just want to catch some guy and have a bunch of kids. I want to make something of myself.

Never settle for less than your dreams. Somewhere, sometime,someday,somehow, you'll find them.

I'd love to be a writer one day

You need to wake yourself up and take a grab at life. No one is going to hand it to you.

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I never wanted to settle for 'good enough.' I wanted 'great' or nothing.