Quotes About Ambition

Circumstances-what are circumstances? I make circumstances

In our time no one has the conception of what is great. It is up to me to show them.

Great ambition is the passion of a great character. Those endowed with it may perform very good or bad acts. All depends on the principles which direct them.

I am surrounded by priests who repeat incessantly that their kingdom is not of this world, and yet they lay hands on everything they can get.

You would make a ship sail against the winds and currents by lighting a bonfire under her decks? I have no time for such nonsense.

There shall be no Alps.

My maxim was, la carrière est ouverte aux talents, without distinction of birth or fortune.

You wish to sail a ship up stream by lighting a fire under its decks, I have no time for such nonsense.

Quel roman pourtant que ma vie!

Napoléon ubicumque felix.

One must never ask more from fortune than she can grant.

There is one quality that one must possess to win, and that is definiteness of purpose, the knowledge of what one wants and a burning desire to possess it.

The starting point of all achievement is desire. Keep this constantly in mind. Weak desire brings weak results, Just as a small amount of fire makes a small amount of heat.

No man can succeed in a line of endeavor which he does not like.

The starting point of all achievement is desire. Keep this constantly in mind. Weak desires bring weak results, just as a small amount of fire makes a small amount of heat.

War grows out of the desire of the individual to gain advantage at the expense of his fellow man.

Every person who wins in any undertaking must be willing to cut all sources of retreat. Only by doing so can one be sure of maintaining that state of mind known as a burning desire to win - essential to success.

The starting point of all achievement is DESIRE. Keep this constantly in mind. Weak desire brings weak results, just as a small fire makes a small amount of heat.

Set your mind on a definite goal and observe how quickly the world stands aside to let you pass.

When your desires are strong enough, you will appear to possess superhuman powers to achieve.

Cherish your vision and your dreams as they are the children of your soul, the blueprints of your ultimate achievements.

Hold a picture of yourself long and steadily enough in your mind's eye, and you will be drawn toward it.

To do all that one is able to do, is to be a man; to do all that one would like to do, would be to be a god.

that without the promise of great reward we'd be content to stay home and catch up on our flossing.