Quotes About Ambition

God isn't offended by big dreams; He's offended by anything less.

The day we stop dreaming is the day we start dying.

Success is a derivative of persistence.

Vietnamese probed him for anti-white and hence anti-American sentiments. He made it abundantly clear he came from a country that believed in meritocracy. White or black, work your ass off and you will profit.

You could, he believed, divide the combat wing commanders into three categories; those who wanted to make general, those who wanted to make Ace, and those who wanted to protect their pilots. The truly exceptional ones wanted to do all three in reverse order.

There's nothing like biting off more than you can chew, and then chewing anyway.

There are those who travel and those who are going somewhere. They are different and yet they are the same. The success has this over his rivals: He knows where he is going.

Always wake up with a smile knowing that today you are going to have fun accomplishing what others are too afraid to do.

The only difference between realizing a dream and losing oneself in fantasy [is] backbreaking work.

doma touží po moci a v zahrani?í po uznání.

Peníze ti nutn? nezaru?í moc, ale moc ti vždycky p?inese peníze.

Thirty bucks a share makes me a billionaire—and that's the ticket to happiness! A billion dollars buys me everything I ever wanted! … Maybe even love … Yeah, Lou, geeks need love, too.

An ambitious judge is a dangerous animal.

These people work hard and do their best, and they want the world to acknowledge that they're intelligent, valuable, and creative.

Until someone says "no" to you, you're not asking for enough.

Their operating principle is, "Look out world—here I come.

I'd rather have wordly power than worldly power.

the capital commandments of self-interest, self-importance, self-enrichment, and self-perpetuation.

With its architectural grandeur, Senator Gore said, our capital would someday "make wonderful ruins.

And so Lennon-McCartney stood shoulder to shoulder as equals, connected at every level, their considerable talents harmonized, their personalities meshed, their drive unchecked, their goal in focus. They were a union, stronger than the sum of their parts, and everything was possible.

every night and was just about to miss the Metroliner—but only Joel recognized him. A forgotten nebbish who seriously thought for a little while he might be president. What was it like, to have had that dream obliterated, so long ago, and then go on living? Did he sometimes fall into it again, a little spurt of Possibilitase tricking him into imagining that maybe next year he would …

But I was right and the real world seemed increasingly nonsensical. Why train for years to do a job you bitched about all day? Didn't it make more sense to follow your dreams and maybe do a little good at the same time? I didn't want to be a lawyer or a bank manager or a goddamn burger flipper. We only get one life and I wanted mine to be exciting...

Only difference between a dream and a nightmare is how big your balls are, bitch." (The Fox)

Why train for years to do a job, you bitched about all day? Didn't it make more sense to follow your dreams and maybe do a little good at the same time.