Quotes About Ambition

A goal without a plan is a wish.

It is the struggle itself that is most important. We must strive to be more than we are. It does not matter that we will not reach our ultimate goal. The effort itself yields its own reward.

One cannot actualize his goals until he visualizes them clearly in the minds eye

Concentrate on your goals. Do not allow other thoughts to enter your mind. If you allow them to, other things could take your concentration away from your ultimate aim.

With just about every player in Australia, his whole goal and ambition is to play for Australia. That's why they're playing first class cricket. It's just a different attitude.

If your goal is anything but profitability - if it's to be big, or to grow fast, or to become a technology leader - you'll hit problems.

A dream is just a dream. A goal is a dream with a plan and a deadline.

My goal, if I was going to do art, fine art, would have been to become Picasso or greater.

Failure isn't in not reaching your goal but in having no goal to reach.

You have got to want to be the best before you can even begin to reach for that goal, and you have got to be prepared to sacrifice a lot to get there.

There is no finish line. When you reach one goal, find a new one.

A dream written down with a date becomes a goal. A goal broken down into steps becomes a plan. A plan backed by action makes your dreams come true.

It's not my goal to be a famous actor.

Set your target and keep trying until you reach it.

Success is the progressive realization of a worthy goal or ideal.

When a goal matters enough to a person, that person will find a way to accomplish what at first seemed impossible.

You must have goals in your life, or otherwise be prepared to be used by those who do have them.

Our goal, simply stated, is to be the best.

Don't set your goals to be a star. Set your goals to be the best that you can be and go from there.

If you don't have daily objectives, you qualify as a dreamer.

Aim for the top. There is plenty of room there. There are so few at the top it is almost lonely there.

Even when it is not fully attained, we become better by striving for a higher goal.

Goals are like a magnet - they pull. And the stronger they are, the more purposeful they are, the bigger they are, the more unique they are, the stronger they pull.

May each of my grandsons know, at an early age, what his life's ambition is -- and may he be successful in his pursuit of that goal.