Quotes About Ambition

As Dean saw it, the issue was talent, but his confidence in himself was never contagious.

Dean's agent, Isabel Draesemer, says, "Jimmy came to me and asked whether marrying Beverly Wills |the young woman he was dating then] or moving in with Rogers Brackett would be better for his career.

Dream the big dreams and then do them.

When all else fails, go for the ego.

I race to win. If I am on the bike or in a car it will always be the same.

Sì, è vero, andavo bene a scuola. Certo, facevo bene un sacco di altre cose. Ma io volevo correre. Forte, fortissimo. Con la moto. E l'ho fatto. Pensa se non ci avessi provato.

She also managed to win a citywide spelling bee, beating out students at all the other Negro schools in Jacksonville. "I received an atlas of the world and a Bible as prizes," she recalled, "besides so much lemonade and cake that I told President Collier that I could feel it coming through my skin. He had such a big laugh that I made up my mind to hurry up and get grown and marry him." Decades

As everyone knows, in my profession we go around screwing each other as much as possible, mostly to see ourselves do it. Narcissists are always making love to number one.

The moment you choose to settle, you guarantee you'll never achieve your real dream. Choose faith over fear.

No need to play small—this is your life!

If you want your place in the sun you've got put up with a few blisters.

Nothing is sadder than having worldly standards without worldly means.

The creative impulses of man are always at war with the possessive impulses.

The vision must be followed by the venture. It is not enough to stare up the steps — we must step up the stairs.

The vision must be followed by the venture. It is not enough to stare up the steps, we must step up the stairs.

My passion is doing movies, so as long as I keep doing that I will be happy.

For example, I loved English and history at school. I would have loved to have done a degree in either. But my Mom said I didn't have time for university.

Success is the sweetest revenge.

Success makes enemies of those who would have never been true friends.

The stars are not the limit.

They felt that all boys and girls should be able to feel that, if they have what it takes, there is no limit to the opportunity. A ceiling should not be imposed on a young person's educational opportunities either by limited family means or negative family attitudes.

Alice must already have known, even back then, when she first saw Fortune, when she was, what, nine or ten, that she would try and hitch a lift on the wheel, too, as soon as she possibly could. She must already have been thinking out how. But she couldn't have guessed how soon her chance would come.

Lentäminen on niin vaikeaa, ettei kukaan lentäisi, ellei se olisi niin vaikeaa.

If you're not a competitor, you've just got to go home.