Quotes About Ambition

Vision is not enough; it must be combined with venture. It is not enough to stare up the steps; we must step up the stairs. —Václav Havel

They climbed the wide stairways. Their footsteps echoed and echoed through the house. What on earth will you be doing with something so large? said Mum. I shall live in it with my servants, of course, said Mina. Or I shall establish a school. A school, my lady? Yes. A school for the writing of nonsense and the pursuit of extraordinary activities.

It's sad but true. Most people who just "go with the flow" wind up complaining about where they "floated." They go around saying life is not fair. Well, I disagree. Life is totally fair. You get what you go for. Go for nothing and you get nothing. Go for something and, even if you miss your main goal, you might still achieve a lot of good stuff along the way.

The fact is, you deserve every dollar you can get your hands on. There is nothing greedy about it. You deserve a raise, and you're capable of getting one. You just have to believe in yourself and start asking for it.

Dreaming big is the key to happiness. Dreaming big is energizing. Dreaming big is fun. Can you remember a time in your life when you used to dream big? When you had things you wanted to accomplish and you weren't afraid to talk about them? Do you remember what it felt like to not have to be so "responsible"?

And he goes round with a fat roll of dollar bills, and got this nice farm, and all them fancy machines, and man let his family starve.' - Louisa Mae Cardinal

It is asking a lot. But when you're attempting to do something truly extraordinary, isn't it fair to ask a lot in return?

the business of politics, which essentially meant screwing others before they got around to screwing you.

It only matters, Devine, to you. But I would say this: Life is a long enough journey without having only negative motivations to get your ass out of bed every day. What I'm offering you is, once again, something

There's really

America was full of opportunity, everybody said. You just had to unlock it. Only they forgot to give out keys for LuAnn's kind. Or maybe they didn't forget at all. Maybe it was intentional.

comments because he needed Slick to

After a few moments of silence Puller said, "You think he was achieving all of it for his father? Because he never got the chance to do it himself?" Rooney pointed at him. "That's what I believe.

Normal people don't grow up to do the sorts of jobs we do, Jessica

David Baldacci

you mean?" "My way of looking at the world is that some folks do what they want, and they don't care what happens to others, so long as it's good for them.

convinced that they wanted him to find

What's your next

Money is just a means to an end. It shouldn't be the goal.

eight-story building. It looked like a place where young people just starting out or older people downsizing might live mixed in with a healthy dose of middle-aged people who had simply never fully realized their goals in life.

You know what kind of person it takes to run for President? Not normal. They could start out okay, but by the time they reach that level they've sold their soul to the devil so many times and stomped the guts out of enough people that they are definitely not like you and me, not even close." Frank

You could have been a great scientist or something. Or a writer.

an answer. Thought I'd tee it up again." "You think I'm supposed

And when they were elected, they arrived in Washington with absolutely no idea what to do. Their only goal had already been achieved: They had won their campaign. However