Quotes About Ambition

Failure is not an option. Failure is a prerequisite.

Nothing succeeds, they say, like success. And certainly nothing fails like failure.

America is one of the few places where the failure to promote oneself is widely regarded as arrogance.

Failure is not a crime. The crime is not trying.

I've proven that I'm not a complete failure. Every film has done well. It's like, "So, okay, when do I get my deal at Warner Bros?

Jealous leaders measure their success by the failure of others.

So here we are, talking about Roman unicycles and alien sandwiches and my sister's Italian misfortunes, while hanging in between us is: MY EPIC FAILURE TO CARPE. What's wrong with me?

No man leaves where he is and seeks a distant place unless he is in some respect a failure.

Failure is not an option on this one.

It is to escape the responsibility for failure that the weak so eagerly throw themselves into grandiose undertakings.

I had to succeed. Failure means I would have to be homeless again.

I sought excitement and, taking chances, I was all ready to fail in order to achieve something large.

If you truly feared failure, you'd be very successful.

I am a failure as a writer. The publishers won't publish me, the bookshops won't carry my books, the critics won't write about me. I am excluded from all anthologies, and completely ignored.

Remember, the greatest failure is not to try.

Every entrepreneur deals with fears of failure. However, the truly successful know how to face these fears and keep on working.

Honestly, I am pretty passionate about avoiding failure!

It is bound to be a failure, every book is a failure, but I do know with some clarity what kind of book I want to write.

His thoughts flicked between the confidence of the Anyala Stone, the expectations of his world, and, the certainty of his failure.

Fear mediocrity, not failure.

I do not fear failure. I only fear the "slowing up" of the engine inside of me which is pounding, saying, "Keep going, someone must be on top, why not you?

Predictions of failure have never stopped those whose ambitions are driven by their unwavering vision.

Here's to the men who lose! What though their work be e'er so nobly plann'd And watched with zealous care No glorious halo crowns their efforts grand - Contempt is Failure's share!

The world promises you comfort, but you were not made for comfort. You were made for greatness.