Quotes About Ambition

A man's reach should exceed his grasp; else what's a heaven for? (Quote by Robert Browning)

Svajon?s išlaisvina.

killed him for the money and the woman. I didn't get the money and I didn't get the woman.' Fred MacMurray, Double Indemnity.

the Riverfront Times, and the books Making Friends Is Our Business, by Roland Krebs and Percy J. Orthwein; Under the Influence, by former Post-Dispatch reporters Peter Hernon and Terry Ganey; October 1964, by David Halberstam; and Dethroning the King, by former Financial Times reporter Julie MacIntosh. PROLOGUE: "AUGUST IS NOT FEELING WELL

Some critics may say Noonday was mad. He was not. Toweringly weird, yes--mad, no. He saw that in five years he would attain the Presidency of the University. Form there he could embark on a career leading straight to the White House, that High Seat of the Lie, open only to holders of the Third Degree of Falsehood.

Be careful what you yearn for, because that which you desire most will either complete you or destroy you, and you don't get to choose.

When your ambition is so wrought that you're never satisfied, it takes a load of pressure off. Every spot on the ladder is equally disappointing because it is not the rung above. Which means I've perfectly filled my potential; I've reached as high as I'll ever get, the point of not good enough.

Dreams and Dedication are a powerful combination.

Dream and Dedication are a powerful combination.

Vanity is often the unseen spur.

Let a man who has to make his fortune in life remember this maxim: Attacking is the only secret. Dare and the world yields, or if it beats you sometimes, dare it again and you will succeed.

I think I could be a good woman if I had five thousand a year.

William Makepeace Thackeray

I would rather make my name then inherit it.

Itu cita-citamu? Menjadi penyair?" "Tidak. Aku tidak punya bakat untuk itu." "Apa bakatmu?" "Aku tidak tahu. Tidak semua orang punya bakat?" "Benar. Meski orang-orang mengatakan sebaliknya.

Everyone is hungry. That won't stop

This is 1987. A girl can be whatever she wants to be." "I know," said Ray. "My mums a plumber.

I wanted to play sports my whole life. That's all I really wanted to do.

Men wanted for hazardous journey. Low wages, bitter cold, long hours of complete darkness. Safe return doubtful. Honour and recognition in event of success." —Ernest Shackleton, advertisement for crew for 1914 Antarctic expedition

And I saw the sax line-up that he had behind him and I thought, I'm going to learn the saxophone. When I grow up, I'm going to play in his band. So I sort of persuaded my dad to get me a kind of a plastic saxophone on the hire purchase plan.

I always had a repulsive need to be something more than human. I felt very puny as a human. I thought, 'Fuck that. I want to be a superhuman.

If you feel safe in the area you're working in, you're not working in the right area. Always go a little further into the water than you feel you're capable of being in. Go a little bit out of your depth. And when you don't feel that your feet are quite touching the bottom, you're just about in the right place to do something exciting.

We can be heroes just for one day

Further, Take heed that you faithfully perform the business you have to do in the world, from a regard to the commands of God and not from an ambitious desire of being esteemed better than others.