Quotes About Ambition

Sometimes when you aim for the stars, you hit the moon.

The result only reinforced Hitler's self-belief that he was a 'man of destiny', treading his path 'with the certainty of a sleepwalker'.

He was a quiet man behind the scenes who, at another time in another place, might have become a company secretary. But Bouhler, still bearing a walking disability – and perhaps psychological scars – from the serious injuries to his legs sustained towards the end of the war which had prevented him from pursuing an officer's career in the army as his father had done, was ambitious.

And so he took a name. From the unbelievable towers of light he took a name he felt was worthy of his massive uniqueness. "Kilimanjaro West," he said. The stolen name fit well. "I am Kilimanjaro West.

imagine the chimneys billowing smoke. Concentrate on those chimneys, can you see them? STUDENT: I can see them.

Never do it, never make it, too far, too high, too much," and she shouted down to them, "Of course I can, of course I will, watch me, watch me!

Striving, straining for the clouds, she could hear the voices in the manswarm below shouting, "Never do it, never make it, too far, too high, too much," and she shouted down to them, "Of course I can, of course I will, watch me, watch me!

The might and magic of money is not what it allows you to own; it is what it allows you to be. Money is freedom.

And though you think the world is at your feet, it can rise up and tread on you.

Places changing and people with them, dreams shifting ever further beyond reach.

Poor girl. She would change. The idealism would vanish once she saw how hypocritical the whole game was, and what luxuries lay outside university. When she left, she'd want it all: the executive job in London, the flat, car, salary, wine-bar. She would chuck it all in for a slice of pie.

Thing about that ladder, Shiv, each rung you climb there's another arse waiting to be licked." "What a lovely image." "We all need some poetry in our lives.

You've got to have a dream... if you don't have any big dreams, nothing happens.

How our horizons shrink when we stride towards them.

I am only 33, I've got a lot to do. This is the first half of my career. I'm looking forward to the future and I'm proud about the past.

I have great people, smart people that are around me and we love the challenge. I guess it's like climbing a mountain or building a building. It's a challenge but you love every challenge that it brings or presents itself.

No more small towns for me. I was going to the city to get my degree in pimping.

He was just a Deep South chump driven to

Don't get too hung up on working with any one person, because it's like a game of checkers where dudes are hopping over one another all the time, shouting, "King me, motherfucker!" It's checkers, yo. But with a lot of money at stake.

I can't front—when I flew to New York to start shooting, it felt like I was committing career suicide.

THE FALL No matter how high I climbed, Somehow I always fell

and the money is so good, they become intoxicated not only with the riches—they become intoxicated with themselves.

When I was in the game, I had this vision of myself

running down a road—this race full of other players and hustlers—and yelling at everybody to my left and right: