Quotes About Ambition

it is easy to get so caught up in surviving that we stop dreaming.

Beyond that, living your dreams is often about facing your fears and rising to the challenge.

dreams provide rare insights into their philosophy about life and money [ ]

nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent.

My hero is always 10 years away. I'm never gonna be my hero. I'm not gonna obtain that, I know I'm not. And that's just fine with me cuz' that keeps me with somebody to keep on chasin'.

I never set out to be rich and famous. I wanted to follow my own path.

These people build as if they were immortal and eat as if they were to die instantly.

In this world there are only two tragedies. One is not getting what one wants, and the other is getting it.

Hopes are but the dreams of those that wake.

at what point does our reach exceed our grasp? And if we find that answer it may be worth thinking about the consequences of reaching that point.

She wondered if she'd taken the first step on the road away from her dreams. What scared her was how easy it had been to do it.

The culture fills our heart and minds with spectacular dreams about hitting home runs, but life is about getting up every day and hitting a single.

Don't be afraid of failure be afraid of petty success.

When I was about 15... I made my first attempt as a leading lady, and was, of course, a complete failure.

Well, hell, Rico. You're wasting your time being a hotelier when you should be a saint.

her "green light" was Harvard. "But if I don't get into Harvard, I will not die, right? The journey toward the dream is the most important thing.

I thought I should go to New York because it was the place to go to study. I went and tried to get an application from the Juilliard School but they wouldn't even give me one because I didn't have my high school graduation.

Claim whatever you want. Say you only want a happy family or a successful career or a big house. I say: no, that's not what you want. You'll settle for those things, but you really want a monkey that does your evil bidding. Pullman is a genius just for this.

Claim whatever you want. Say you only want a happy family or a successful career or a big house. I say: no, that's not what you want. You'll settle for those things, but you really want a monkey that does your evil bidding. Pullman is a genius just for this.

They who were so important, who wanted to create the world, are dumbfounded; everything crumbles.

There's the gratitude of sons-in-law for you. You poison a king so that they may take his place, and then they do exactly as they please without consideration for anyone!

History's tragedies reveal great men: but those tragedies are provoked by the mediocre.

Perhaps it is essential to men to attain greatness in their works only when they do not look for it too hard.

Il n'est toutefois de véritable élévation que conquise, de puissance et de gloire vraies qu'individuelles, forgées par la volonté et le travail. La presse qui promet l'une et l'autre ne saurait faire tomber dans son miroir à alouettes que les médiocres et les faibles. Balzac la condamne comme une fausse école d'ambition. (p. 149)