Quotes About Ambition

Many people never reach greater because they don't leave good enough behind.

There is no more sombre enemy of good art than the pram in the hall.

Dreams will get you nowhere, a good kick in the pants will take you a long way.

Good things happen to those who hustle.

Bad taste creates many more millionaires than good taste.

If you go to work on your goals, your goals will go to work on you. If you go to work on your plan, your plan will go to work on you. Whatever good things we build end up building us.

Certain dressmakers desire to pass for an artist. I have one ambition: that is to have good taste.

I think greed is healthy. You can be greedy and still feel good about yourself.

The ambition of every good cook must be to make something very good with the fewest possible ingredients.

The king has been very good to me. He promoted me from a simple maid to be a marchioness. Then he raised me to be a queen. Now he will raise me to be a martyr.

The path you take is up to you. Make good choices, dream BIG, it is never too late.

Good things happen when you go for it!

All I can tell you really is if you get to the point where someone is telling you that you are not great or not good enough, just follow your heart and don't let anybody crush your dream.

Are you planning to follow a career in Magical Law, Miss Granger?" asked Scrimgeour. "No, I'm not," retorted Hermione. "I'm hoping to do some good in the world!

No, it will never have enough power until I can spin the wheels at the end of the straightaway in high gear. Too much power is never enough.

We're focusing on the whole pie, not a slice. A slice is good, but it's not good enough to get you fat. We're trying to get fat.

Baseball gives every American boy a chance to excel, not just to be as good as someone else but to be better than someone else. This is the nature of man and the name of the game.

I don't care what anyone says. Being rich is a good thing.

Did you stop because it was good enough, or could have done more - but then maybe ruined it too? Sometimes you finish because you've gone too far.

Often we are so concerned with what makes us feel good that we forget what makes us great.

Run from being good. Chase being great.

Good enough never is. Set your standards so high that even the flaws are considered excellent.

Competition is always a good thing. It forces us to do our best. A monopoly renders people complacent and satisfied with mediocrity.

It was the only ambition I ever had - not to be a dancer or Hollywood movie star, but to be a housewife in a good marriage.