Quotes About Ambition

Keep moving. Have a goal, One day you will arrive at a place that is better than the place where you were, even if it is only in your head.

In human life, there is often a discrepancy between public (announced) goals and private (unspoken) goals. Thus, a politician's announced goal is usually to serve public need. The real goal is often to get elected, to serve ambition, and to satisfy greed.

One of the most important things I've learned is that creating a vision of what you want to be is the beginning of making it happen.

To illustrate, let's try this thought experiment: Tell yourself, "I'm going to make three sales calls today." How does it feel? Most likely, it feels pretty "meh." Now, tell yourself, "I'm going to make 50 sales calls today." Which are you more excited to do?

I chose to do something everyone else was rubbish at in the hope that I would shine," he said.

The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack of will.

The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack of will. —VINCE LOMBARDI Steve

Notre planète étant, selon la définition de Stevenson, une île tournoyante chargée de vie rapace, plus ruisselante de sang qu'un navire au lendemain d'une mutinerie, Hanokh Levin sonde les pulsions mortifères, descend dans le sous-sol humain où grouille un monde de lâcheté et de bassesse, tire des choses vues un constat sur le non-sens de nos existences, engluées dans de risibles ambitions. (p. 117)

Caleb's mind filled with an unbidden image of her in the parlor of the grand house in Fox Chapel, wearing silks and satins and graciously greeting his guests of an evening. He'd be the envy of every man north of the Mason-Dixon line. He shook off the idea. He was looking for another mistress, not a wife.

No!" Nellie said fiercely. "I got into it because of the money. But now --

Heather learned from her immigrant parents not to complain, not to look back, not to blame others, not to be weighed down by regret, but instead to put her head down, work relentlessly, and soldier ahead.

When I asked for her best motivational tip, she shared a single sentence she uses with her employees. Whenever she assigns a project, she says, "Make it as awesome as you want.

Boys chase girls. Women chase men. Men chase history.

Conquest is the symptom of a craze.

Dream big, then hedge.

Success begins the very moment when 'I might.' becomes 'I might as well.'.

The need to feel like a champion is what creates the champion.

There are no lazy trillionaires.

They call me 'Big Link' not because I'm a big guy, but because I do big things.

Your dreams are your potential. What are your dreams?

The real trouble comes from not knowing what we really want in the first place.

The seek after glory should be careless of public opinion

I had a dream. I had an awesome dream.

You were ambitious - for your life, what it was like when you woke up in the morning, and not for some attainment. Like most people who did not answer a particular calling from an early age, you placed work beside yourself; any occupation would fill up your day but not your heart. I liked that about you. I liked it enormously.