Quotes About Ambition

Gerald Boyd was a classic specimen of the self-made man. Born poor, he worked and studied his way up out of poverty under the guidance of his widowed grandmother.

I would not creep along the coast but steer Out in mid-sea, by guidance of the stars.

When I was a kid, I thought I was going to be an architect, because when I was 12 years old I had a guidance counselor that convinced me that that was the best career choice for me.

You might not make it to the top, but if you are doing what you love, there is much more happiness there than being rich or famous.

Happiness lies in conquering one's enemies, in driving them in front of oneself, in taking their property, in savoring their despair, in outraging their wives and daughters.

One has to set high standards... I can never be happy with mediocre performance.

As soon as you stop wanting something you get it. I've found that to be absolutely axiomatic.

He whose face gives no light, shall never become a star.

Always leave something to wish for; otherwise you will be miserable from your very happiness.

Be relentless in pursuing your happiness.

Never let your fears be the boundaries of your dreams. Happiness is a direction, not a place.

The future is not a gift-it is an achievement.

Don't just aim high, reach it and grab some happiness along the way.

happiness aint got no Ph.D. or no certain amount of zeroes behind it!

Seek happiness in tranquility and avoid ambition even if it be only the apparently innocent one of distinguishing yourself in science and discoveries.

Happiness is making your dreams come true.

'Happiness is a Small Politician' - my mantra then and forever more.

I have wanted only one thing to make me happy. That thing is everything.

My happiness is marred only by my failure to attain it.

Education! Is it education to teach the young that their chances of happiness depend on being richer than their neighbors? Yet that is what it all tends to. Get on! - be successful!

He who would bring home the wealth of the Indies must carry the wealth of the Indies with him.

But I am happy. And happiness, I have decided, is a noble ambition.

Anyone who says that money cannot buy happiness has had very little success with either one.

Those who seek for something more than happiness in this world must not complain if happiness is not their portion.