Quotes About Ambition

I had a consuming ambition to possess a miller's thumb. I believe I have never since wanted anything more desperately than I wanted my right thumb to be flattened as my father's had become, during his earlier years of a miller's life.

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But castles in the air were founded on such hopes.

You spend all your life trying to do something they put people in asylums for.

Every time my dreams threaten to become reality, something always happens and I end up alone.

Desire is the moment before the race is run.

This may sound funny, but as much as the 'Today' show matured me, it also was something of a cocoon. I'd been happy there. I never went into the boss's office and pounded my fist on the desk, saying, 'Give me more money! Give me a prime-time show!'

You want to save the world." "What's wrong with that?" He sighed in exasperation. "You are too young to understand. People get by." "I don't want to get by. I want to know my life's been useful.

All my life I wanted to be someone I guess I should have been more specific.

I always wanted to be somebody, but I should have been more specific.

The trouble with the rat race is that even if you win you're still a rat.

Twenty-five years had whisked by with its challenges and triumphs. Ida now had a medical school, a nursing school, and a large hospital, but still there was much more to be done. Ida found herself wondering what her next challenge would be.

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I've labored long and hard for bread, For honor and for riches, But on my corns too long you've tred You fine-haired sons of bitches.

It is better to begin a great work than to finish a small one.

My professional aspirations were simple - I wanted to be an intergalactic princess.

I kinda see everyone as competition. I'm a very competitive person. But I think that's good. Competition is great. And as long as it's friendly and not a malicious thing, then I think it's cool.

Dreams can become a reality when we possess a vision that is characterized by the willingness to work hard, a desire for excellence, and a belief in our right and our responsiblity to be equal members of society.

When you're a young English person who wants to be an actress and you have dreams, you dream of being Vanessa Redgrave or Judi Dench.

Immediately, I had the unpleasant realization that I was, in fact, living my dream life, but it was a dream life I had created after I graduated university when I didn't know any better. I grew up; my dreams did not.

May you get all your wishes but one, So you always have something to strive for. Irish blessing

I gave guitar lessons. I tried to join bands. My mom always said it was obvious that nothing was going to stop me.

You are what you settle for.

You are what you settle for. You are only as much as you settle for