Quotes About Ambition

You have to think anyway, so why not think big?

Take the pains required to become what you want to become, or you might end up becoming something you'd rather not be.

Part of being a winner is knowing when enough is enough. Sometimes you have to give up the fight and walk away, and move on to something that's more productive.

Be willing to take on new challenges.

The final key to the way I promote is bravado. I play to people's fantasies. People may not always think big themselves, but they can still get very excited by those who do.

Shakespeare put it this way, in a famous quote from Julius Caesar: "The fault is not in our stars, dear Brutus, but in ourselves." That's a clear message. We are responsible for ourselves. We are responsible for our own luck. What an empowering thought! If you see responsibility as a bum deal, then you are not seeing it for what it really is—a great opportunity.

You heard me, I would take the oil.

We all know people who have great ideas about how to make millions of dollars, but are too lazy to get off the couch. We all know people who live in the future, and fail to take action today. There are millions of people who want to change the world, but cannot change the conditions of their own lives. And we all know people who lie, cheat, and steal, and yet lie again to themselves, believing they are people of integrity.

Have you ever made money from your great idea?

If you ever have the chance to hear his "Think Big" talk, grab the opportunity.

El sacrificio es el precio que se tiene que pagar para alcanzar el éxito. Por desgracia, no todo mundo está dispuesto a hacerlo porque, en general, resulta mucho más sencillo ser una persona común y corriente, y conservar la comodidad, tranquilidad y relativa seguridad de una vida mediocre.

points worth repeating if you are intent on big success:

Everybody wants to be somebody fancy. Even if they're shy.

Humans are designed to seek comfort and order, and so if they have comfort and order, they tend to plant themselves, even if their comfort isn't all that comfortable. And even if they secretly want for something better.

If you work hard, stay focused, and never give up, you will eventually get what you want in life.

His weakness was a thirst for glory but none for power.

The hero must want something that is difficult and perhaps even frightening to achieve.

The ambitions we have will become the stories we live.

And what is a story but the wanting for something difficult and the willingness to work for it?

It's true that while ambition creates fear, it also creates the story.

I longed for glory. I remember nothing of my childhood more than my fervor for tales of glory and my plans to travel the world in quest of fame.

was all on fire to have a uniform.

It's true that while ambition creates fear, it also creates the story. But it's a good trade, because as soon as you point toward a horizon, life no longer feels meaningless.

Once an ambition has been decided, a positive turn is an event that moves the protagonist closer to the ambition, and a negative turn moves the protagonist away from his ambition. All