Quotes About Ambition

The real purpose of the martial arts must be to purge oneself of petty ambitions and desire, to obtain control of one's own character.

Out of need springs desire, and out of desire springs the energy and the will to win.

Where there is no desire, there will be no industry.

I am in competition with no one. I have no desire to play the game of being better than anyone. I am simply trying to be better than the person I was yesterday.

Success - keeping your mind awake and your desire asleep.

What we insistently desire, over time, is what we become.

Desire is the key to motivation.

Poor people have the desire to prosper but their mindset stop them.

You wouldn't desire something if you didn't have the talent to carry it out.

You must start with desire, keeping in mind that with the magic of believing you can obtain what you picture in your mind's eye.

Desire is what takes the hot water of mediocrity and turns it into the steam of outstanding success.

Desire is the most important factor in the success of any athlete.

When I was young I felt really overwhelmed and confused by the desire not to end up in an office, doing something I didn't believe in.

What makes the engine go? Desire, desire, desire.

It is better to be wrong than correct with no desire to be.

My New Year's Resolution List usually starts with the desire to lose between ten and three thousand pounds.

To get or not to get what we desire can be equally disappointing.

We should aim rather at leveling down our desires than leveling up our means.

To wish is of little account; to succeed you must earnestly desire; and this desire must shorten thy sleep.

Our problem is not that we desire too much but too little.

Ambition is the immoderate desire for honor.

Bring your desires down to your present means. Increase them only when your increased means permit.

Lord, grant that I may always desire more than I can accomplish.

Verily, there is nothing, right or wrong, which belief, plus burning desire, cannot make real.