Quotes About Ambition

The catalyst for any story is that the hero wants something.

A story starts with a hero who wants something. And then the question becomes: Will the hero get what she wants?

Perhaps one of the reasons I've avoided standing on the point toward the horizon is the second you stand up and point toward a horizon, you realize how much there is to lose.

The idea is that you place a gap between a character and what they want.

Tell Me I can't and I will

you have to create a character who wants something and overcomes conflict to get it.

In fact, most stories start with a character who wants something followed by a scene in which an enormous challenge is placed between where the character is and what the character wants.

It identifies a necessary ambition, defines challenges that are battling to keep us from achieving that ambition, and provides a plan to help us conquer those challenges. When we define the elements of a story as it relates to our brand, we create a map customers can follow to engage our products and services.

When we don't want anything, or, perhaps, when we cannot exactly define what we want, we become characters in a story with no plot.

If you want to know what a person's story is about, just ask them what they want.

PERHAPS ONE OF the reasons I've avoided having a clear ambition is that second you stand up and point toward a horizon, you realize how much there is to lose. It's always been this way.

Being specific matters. Kennedy would have bored the world had he cast a vision for a "highly competitive and productive space program." Instead, he defined the ambition specifically and as such inspired a nation: "We're going to put a man on the moon.

I suppose that's the point of this book. There's truth in the idea we're never going to be perfect in love but we can get close. And the closer we get, the healthier we will be. Love is not a game any of us can win, it's just a story we can live and enjoy. It's a noble ambition, then, to add a chapter to the story of love, and to make our chapter a good one.

Think BIG! You are going to be thinking anyway, so think BIG!

The best thing I know about me, is that I'm rich

It's always good to be underestimated.

Nothing is easy. But who wants nothing?

As for those among you who do have the genes, who do have the instincts, and who could be highly successful, well, I still hope you won't follow my advice. Because that would just make it a much tougher world for me.

Part of the beauty of me is that I'm very rich." (Trump, Donald, R-N.Y.; ABC News with Ashleigh Banfield; 3/17/2011.)

As long as you're going to be thinking anyway, think big.

We have to set records, we have no choice.

Leaders need to have a fire in their heart, and a good reason for being—the

My style of deal-making is quite simple and straightforward. I aim very high, and then I just keep pushing and pushing and pushing to get what I'm after. Sometimes I settle for less than I sought, but in most cases I still end up with what I want

Where does American money come from? Steel. Railways. You know how it is over there. It doesn't matter if you murder or rob to get it. The trick is in keeping it for a hundred years, and then you're aristocrats.