Quotes About Ambition

You have a limited time to live, and your dream is to work at Trader Joe's?

anymore." 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. During

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.

People don't finish, Rose. People stop. To finish is to say okay, now it's right, never I'm going to change it. To stop is to say okay, it's not perfect, but I have to go to something else.

There's nothing comes without calling in this world, and after you've called you've generally got to go and fetch it yourself.

Naturally, when a young fellow steps up into a big position, it breeds jealousy among those whom he's left behind and uneasiness among those to whom he's pulled himself up. Between them he's likely to be subjected to a lot of petty annoyances. But he's in the fix of a dog with fleas who's chasing a rabbit -- if he stops to snap at the tickling on his tail, he's going to lose his game dinner.

Those who succeed can't forgive a fellow for being a failure, and those who fail can't forgive him for being a success.

Well, why not shoot for it? she thought. That moon's there as much for me as for anybody.

I want to fly! I want to touch the sun!" "Finish your eggs first.

Mama--Mama--I want so many things... I want so many things that they are driving me kind of crazy...

Dreams were the stepping stones to glory. By pursuing them, he had attained a level of success that exceeded most men's reach and acquired all that he had set out to gain: Land, cattle, and wealth beyond his highest expectations. Yet, desperation gnawed at him like a starving dog that had just discovered a buried bone, and as he gazed at the stars that blanketed the velvety sky, he felt as though he had achieved nothing.

He wondered briefly what it was like to dream. He never did. Possibly because he so seldom slept. He was obsessed with obtaining all the wealth he could, burning the midnight oil as often as possible. It protected a person from having to do things he didn't want to do.

Is there nothing you want so desperately that you'd be willing to do anything in order to acquire it?

Gentlemen, if I truly want something, you do not have it within your power to stop me from obtaining it.

Today is the first day of the rest of my life. I will make it a productive one.

But that inadequacy, or feeling of inadequacy, never really goes away. You just have to trudge ahead in the rain, regardless.

Your diseases cannot stand in front of your determination.

Believe me, the world won't give you any gifts. If you want to have a life, steal it.

Motivation is simple. You eliminate those who are not motivated.

If you're bored with life - you don't get up every morning with a burning desire to do things - you don't have enough goals.

If what you did yesterday seems big, you haven't done anything today.

If what you did yesterday seems big, you haven't done anything today.

There is only one good thing about a small town You know that you want to get out - Songs for Drella

Nothing average ever stood as a monument to progress. When progress is for a partner it doesn't turn to those who believe that they are only average. It turns instead to those who are forever searching and striving to become the best they possibly can. If we seek the average level, we cannot hope to achieve a higher level of success. Our only hope is to avoid being a failure.