Quotes About Ambition

All I wanted was to be involved in politics and government.

In politics there are no principles, just opportunities

It takes a certain kind of man to be in politics--a small one.

Chris Christie's rise in politics in New Jersey, in many ways, was built on his takedown of Charles Kushner. He got national headlines for that prosecution.

I think that sports, particularly football, gave me an opportunity to be out front, to be a leader, which helped me later on, when I got into politics.

If you want to be President, decide it at the age of five, and then live accordingly.

I could throw 56-pound words clear across the Grand Canyon. As a matter of course, I went into politics.

I'm not entirely sure what my end goal is, but I'd love to get involved in city politics and broadcast TV.

A man never stoops so low as when he rises to the challenge of politics.

I wanted to be a psychological engineer, but we lacked the facilities, so I did the next best thing - I went into politics. It's practically the same thing.

I got into writing and thinking about politics because I was told there would be no math.

I knew early on that I would do politics, but I would never make a living at it. I would do something else.

I am the one person who can truthfully say, I got my job through the New York Times.

In business and in politics a man must carve and maul his way through men to get to be King of the Mountain. Once there, he can be great and kind-but he must get there first.

A promising young man should go into politics so that he can go on promising for the rest of his life.

The senator...was a smart man who had made his way in life with a single-mindedness oblivious to any of those stumbling blocks known as conscience, sworn oaths, justice, duty...

Never be satisfied with less than your very best effort. If you strive for the top and miss, you'll still 'beat the pack.

In order to become the master the politician poses as the servant.

Dirksen's Three Laws of Politics: 1. Get elected. 2. Get re-elected. 3. Don't get mad get even.

The man who moves a mountain begins by carrying away small stones.

You can do anything you set your mind to.

Failure will never overtake me if my determination to succeed is strong enough.

You don't have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.

The person with the biggest dreams is more powerful than the person with all the answers.