Quotes About Ambition

Success doesn't come to you...you go to it.

Determination and perseverance move the world; thinking that others will do it for you is a sure way to fall.

There's a monster that comes out of me in the ring. I think it goes back to the days when I had nothing. It's hunger. I think that's what the monster is and it's still there.

The difference between try and triumph is a little umph.

It takes Passion to bring a Vision to Life.

But if one had everything one could ever need or want, what was left to dream of?

Just as the ambition of Roman slaves was usually to gain freedom for themselves, not to abolish slavery as an institution, so the ambitions of the poor were not radically to reconfigure the social order but to find a place for themselves nearer the top of the hierarchy of wealth.

All those stories of Roman valour, heroism and self-sacrifice that he must have heard – told and retold around military campfires or at dinner tables – were not simply for amusement, he concluded. Their function was to encourage the young to imitate the gallant deeds of their ancestors; they were one aspect of the spirit of emulation, ambition and competition that he saw running right through Roman elite society.

a parade of reluctance has often provided a useful cover for ruthless ambition.

It's the odious, insufferable people who usually get to the top.

leading two separate lives, refusing to choose one over the other. He'd stolen the best of both worlds: wealth and

Gardeners, I think, dream bigger dreams than emperors.

While most girls run away from home to marry, I ran away to teach.

Love and desire are the spirits wings to great deeds.

A career is wonderful, but you can't curl up with it on a cold night.

I used to think as I looked out on the Hollywood night, 'There must be thousands of girls sitting alone like me, dreaming of becoming a movie star. But I'm not going to worry about them. I'm dreaming the hardest.

I used to get the feeling, and sometimes I still get it, that I was fooling somebody-I don't know who or what-maybe myself. I have feelings some days when there are scenes with a lot of responsiblity, and I'll wish, gee, if only I would have been a cleaning woman.

They've said I want to direct pictures. I couldn't direct traffic.

I'm going to be a great movie star some day.

Remember, it doesn't matter whether you win or lose; what matters is whether I win or lose.

I love those who yearn for the impossible.

He is a self-made man, very much in love with his creator.

To be successful, the first thing to do is to fall in love with your work.

If you can do more, you should!