Quotes About Ambition

I got that good a contract because I really didn't want to make a film.

All men dream: but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds wake in the day to find it was vanity: but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act their dreams with open eyes, to make it possible. This I did.

Truth is dead, and everything is relative at best and at worst a matter of the will to power. Nothing is what it appears to be. If truth was once the stated goal of intellectuals, it is now easy to read between their scholarly lines and see the petty egos and the dirty ambitions behind the lofty aspirations for truth. Truth is finally undecidable, as the postmodern philosophers express it. At best, truth is simply the compliment you pay to sentences that you happen to agree with.

They scolded us for not having any real hopes or real ambitions, but if we were to pursue our true ideals, would these people watch and guide us along the way?

books. I would scorn the pointless, haughty posturing, scorn its abstracted way of living. There I go again—pondering the purposelessness of my day-to-day life, wishing I had more ambition, and lamenting all the contradictions in myself—when I know it's just sentimental nonsense. All I'm doing is indulging myself, trying to console myself.

Greed did not cover it, nor did vanity. Nor was it simply a combination of lust and greed. I wasn't sure what it was, but I felt that there was something inexplicable at the bottom of human society which was not reducible to economics.

As long as you have the desire to be somebody, you will not fall into decadence. And you don't have that kind of goal. You are passionate about wanting to see what it is like to fail.

Learning is another name for vanity. It is the effort of human beings not to be human beings.

We have a vague notion of the best place we should go, or the beautiful places we should like to see, or the kinds of places that would make us grow as a person. We yearn for a good life. We have real hopes and ambitions. We feel impatient for an unshakable faith that we can rely on. But it would require considerable effort to express such things in our typical life as a girl.

Regardless of the cause, those in charge always seemed to be seeking power and glory for themselves.

Men are strange creatures. Can't a man be satisfied without having to beat everybody at everything?

Humans are sorry, pitiful beings. No matter whether we succeed or fail, are intelligent or dimwitted, win or lose: we will harden our expressions and exert our strength, running around sweating from morning to evening, and meanwhile only grow older.

That's because he's desperate to have others believe him omnipotent. Pure stupidity! The world's not like that. You've got to bow before someone to get on. That's the only way—struggle ahead one step at a time while keeping the others back.

Men speak words that sound quite grand, but all the while they spend their days concerned about predicting the thoughts of their adorable little wife. Whether it is prosperity, success, or victory—these ambitions come from the desire to please that single, beautiful wife. They add all kinds of logic to it and work hard at it, but all they want is to be praised.

I don't know about life," he replied, "but the world's nothing but sex and greed.

Determination is something to consider, for it leads somewhere.

Embracing and reframing failure or setbacks means developing goals to help you exceed expectations next time.

For within the heart of curiosity, lies the secret of greatness.

Just as in other aspects of your life, setting financial goals is a tried-and-true way to reach those goals.

Make decisions that advance your objectives.

Millions wish for financial freedom, but only those that make it a priority have millions.

Money doesn't sleep. Money doesn't know about clocks, schedules or holidays, and you shouldn't either.

Owning a business is a giant step to take.

Setting goals can help you gain both short and long term achievements.