Quotes About Ambition

In vain!—As fall the dews on quenchless sands, Blood only serves to wash Ambition's hands!

Tomorrow would have given him all, Repaid his pangs, repair'd his fall: Tomorrow would have been the first Of days no more deplored or crust, But bright, and long, and beckoning years, Seen dazzling through the mist of tears, Guerdon of many a painful hour; Tomorrow would have given him power To rule, to shine, to smite, to save— And must it dawn upon his grave?

Men think highly of those who rise rapidly in the world; whereas nothing rises quicker than dust, straw, and feathers

Aim at perfection in everything, though in most things it is unattainable. However, they who aim at it, and persevere, will come much nearer to it than those whose laziness and despondency make them give it up as unattainable.

If you can once engage people's pride, love, pity, ambition (or whatever is their prevailing passion) on your side, you need not fear what their reason can do against you.

If you can once engage people's pride, love, pity, ambition on your side, you need not fear what their reason can do against you.

Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore for a very long time.

Ivy dreams sullenly and alone of overthrowing the cities.

Far too many people accept management promotions because they feel (often rightly so) that they will be dead-ended if they reject the promotion.

Put your dreams on the altar. They will be resurrected into something even grander.

Stop drowning your dreams by jumping into waters that you are unable to swim in.

Given courage and ability and a favorable set of circumstances, there is no greater way to [acquire] influence than to be free of personal ambition.

Wide awake I can make my most fantastic dreams come true.

Only risky plans have any chance to be great.

He loves me. I won't let her do this to me—ruin my chances . . . He's going to marry me. Both our families know it. We have our future cut out, and I won't let this stupid fat foreigner kid destroy what the two of us can become. We worked for it.

You know what that's like, don't you, Jon? Having a hunger? Relentlessly pursuing, taking what you want, what should be yours?

But this dream was before I dropped out of school. My dreams became out of my reach for all sorts of complicated reasons that I prefer to not dwell

Now you can't even dispose of your dear mother's ashes, the mother who gave up everything in native Ukraine for you so you could have a better life. You never could finish things off properly. You even dropped out of school after we saved all the money for your university education. Too much drinking. Too much partying. Bad crowd.

This was supposed to be mine. Labden guaranteed me the COO position for the new resort when it comes online. I've put my heart and sweat into this company for years. TerraWest has traded on my name, my Olympic fame, my gold medals, for God's sake. I'm married to the founder's daughter.

She was a dreamer and a schemer & one didnt dream and scheme without hope.

The man who fails, my learned friend, is the man who dies.

When I first came to Nashville, people hardly gave country music any respect. We lived in old cars and dirty hotels, and we ate when we could.

I learned you have to fight for yourself in the picture business.

I thought about how many people avoid trying for things they really want in life because it's more painful to get close to the goal but not achieve it than not to have taken the chance in the first place.