Quotes About Ambition

All these gods, all these mortals who aided him. Men talk of his wiles. His true talent was in how well he could take from others.

At Troy he found at last a scope to equal his abilities

For a hundred generations, I had walked the world drowsy and dull, idle and at ease. I left no prints, I did no deeds. Even those who had loved me a little did not care to stay. Then I learned that I could bend the world to my will, as a bow is bent for an arrow. I would have done that toil a thousand times to keep such power in my hands. I thought: this is how Zeus felt when he first lifted the thunderbolt.

I'd like to be a hero, though.

I would be more," I said. "I would be all.

It is mostly will. Will and work.

I feel like I would eat the world raw.

His fame must be worth the life he paid for it.

Gli dei non permettono a nessuno di essere famoso e felice. [...] Ma voglio confidarti un segreto. [...] Io sarò il primo. [...] Giuralo." "Perché io?" "Perché sei tu la ragione.

did not have a thousand wiles, and I was no fixed star, yet for the first time I felt something in that space. A hope, a living breath, that might yet grow between.

Name one hero who was happy. You can't.' He was sitting up now, leaning forward. He lifted an eyebrow. 'I'll tell you a secret. I'm going to be the first.' He took my palm and held it to his. 'Swear it.' 'Why me?' 'Because you're the reason. Swear it.' 'I swear it, I said, lost in the high colour of his cheeks, the flame in his eyes. 'I swear it,' he echoed. We sat like that for a moment, hands touching. He grinned, 'I feel like I could eat the world raw.

A boy trained for music and medicine, unleashed for murder.

I'm going to be the first." He took my palm and held it to his. "Swear it." "Why me?" "Because you're the reason. Swear it.

What about me?" I asked. Chiron's dark eyes moved to rest on mine. "You will never gain fame from your fighting. Is this surprising to you?

Do you want to be a god?" It was easier this time. "Not yet," he said. A tightness I had not known was there eased a little. I would not lose him yet.

I feel like I could eat the world raw." -- Achilles

I have the same goal I've had since I was a girl. I want to rule the world.

I always thought of losing my virginity as a career move.

A lot of people are afraid to say what they want. That's why they don't get what they want.

I stand for freedom of expression, doing what you believe in, and going after your dreams.

I'm Tough, I'm Ambitious, and I Know exactly what I Want. If that makes me a B.I.T.C.H., okay.

i won't be happy until i'm famous like God

I think in the end, when you're famous, people like to narrow you down to a few personality traits. I think I've just become this ambitious, say-whatever's-on-her-mind, intimidating person. And that's part of my personality, but it's certainly not anywhere near the whole thing.

Part of the reason I sort of shot out like a cannon out of Michigan and left home at such an early age is because I had to feel independent.