Quotes About Ambition

Father: 'Anything but journalism.' I rebelled.

I once asked my father what he wanted me to be. To my horror, he said, 'sociologist.'

Let me get it straight. Your father was king. You were his only son. Your father dies. You are of age. Your uncle becomes king." "Yes." "Unorthodox.

Everybody I knew, practically, was a journalist when I was a kid - my father, all of his friends. I never wanted to be like those people.

I always knew I wanted to make my own way; I never wanted to be dependent on my father.

My father, who grew up picking olives on the Greek island of Lesbos, was a doctor. So my family expected me to become a physician.

Later, at Stanford University, I thought I'd become a lawyer or businessman, but my father came to me and said he thought there was a big future in the fine-wine business.

The Red Comyns had always done well behind the throne. The king was but an instrument, as his father used to say. They were the musicians.

It was my father who taught us that an immigrant must work twice as hard as anybody else, that he must never give up.

My father was something of a rainbow-chaser.

I quit my job in the bank when I was 19. I took a chance. I went to Milan to study opera and singing. My father really supported me economically.

My parents had chosen the medical profession for me. I even studied a few semesters at St Xavier's College, but at the back of my mind, I always wanted to be a musician like my father.

I am lucky that whatever fear I have inside me, my desire to win is always stronger.

Two things cause people to be destroyed: fear of poverty and seeking superiority through pride.

Fear is the disease. Hustle is the antidote Whatever it is that you're afraid of, go after it.

I don't want to be mediocre, this is the fear of my soul and my body.

I think when you move past your fear and you go after your dreams wholeheartedly, you become free.

I wish to have no connection with any ship that does not sail fast; for I intend to go in harm's way.

One will never reach distant shores, if he chooses to remain upon the dock, In fear his little ship of dreams may be dashed against the rocks.

To be a winner you must want to win but must know of the chance of losing and must not fear of it.

Of all the things a leader should fear, complacency heads the list.

I'm afraid of being average. I have a real fear of being just another linebacker.

Fears, even the most basic ones, can totally destroy our ambitions. Fear, if left unchecked, can destroy our lives. Fear is one of the many enemies lurking inside us.

In order to overcome fear, your dream must become bigger than fear.