Quotes About Ambition

I hope my music sets up the platform for me to be able to do lots of things - to have a cowboy-boot line, maybe, or do a perfume or makeup deal.

Man sollte sich nie etwas Unmögliches wünschen, denn wer von Palästen träumt, verliert seinen Platz in der Hütte.

Pojedinac koji ho?e da se uzdigne iznad svojih bližnjih nalik je na kota? na blatnoj cesti: zakotrljao se, ali i zaprljat ?e se!

Every man and woman has chosen the "Everest" he or she wants to climb in life. Many who have tried climbing without a guide have discovered how treacherous the journey can be.

The failure of national economic policy is costing us more than jobs it has begun to weaken that uniquely American spirit of risk-taking, large ambition, and optimism about the future. We must rally them now to bold departures that rebuild our national morale as well as our material prosperity.

I'm sick of following my dreams. I'm just going to ask them where they're goin', and hook up with them later.

You have crossed a line, but it does not change who you are. Don't forget that. A man may be dressed up in all manner of fancy titles, but he must not let it change him or else ego, pride and ambition will be his undoing. No matter what grand title is bestowed upon you, to thine own self be true. Do you understand?

This conflict between my aspirations and my bitterness is the essence of my story. It has not been resolved. It may never be.

His debts approached three thousand dollars and, as Ponzi liked to say, his only assets were his hopes.

It's opportunity. It's opportunity, not a check from government - it's opportunity that has always driven America and defined us as Americans.

If we become one of those societies that attack success, why not come as certain there will be a lot less success? And that's not who we are.

Glory, causes, careers, and love mean nothing on an empty stomach. Because of food, I lost my self-respect; because of food, I suffered the humiliation of a lowly cur; and because of food I took up creative writing, with a vengeance.

At home am a nice guy, but I don't want the world to know. Humble people I've found don't get very far

The race for excellence has no finish line.

Capitalism is greed driven.

Legends fight for their dreams and rest fight with their dreams.

I think to be in politics you have to have the taste for blood on that.

He who is active in politics strives for power, either as a means in serving other ends, ideal or egoistic, or as 'power for power's sake,' that is, in order to enjoy the prestige-feeling that power gives.

Es uno de esos proyectos tan necesarios en los jóvenes, en los que la ambición, la búsqueda de identidad y la necesidad de «pertenecer a algo más grande que uno mismo» se ocultan disfrazadas de sincero y sentido altruismo.

la respuesta a la pregunta de cómo adquirir y retener el máximo poder posible era evidente: haciéndose grande.

when people conclude that their economic and social progress is blocked, and they are stuck in a lower rung than the one they expected to occupy in society. Status dissonance is amplified by the sense that rather than coming closer to your rightful place in society, you're falling further and further below your natural spot in the pecking order.

la importancia cada vez mayor de la ambición como motor de nuestras acciones y conductas

Donde encontré un ser vivo, allí hallé la voluntad de poder; e incluso en la voluntad del siervo hallé la voluntad de ser amo».21

Il faut qu'il ait tué bien des gens pour s'être fait si riche.