Quotes About Ambition

I will continue to study at your feet, Master. I will learn from your wisdom. I will discover your secrets, unlocking them one by one until everything you know—all your knowledge and all your power—is mine. And once you are no longer of use to me, I will destroy you. One day I will surpass you. And on that day I will kill you, Lord Bane. But that day is not today.

Two there should be; no more, no less. One to embody the power, the other to crave it. The Rule of Two. This

One day I will surpass you," Zannah warned him. "And on that day I will kill you, Lord Bane. But that day is not today.

Des shrugged. He didn't believe much in equality. Working to make everybody equal didn't leave much chance for anyone to achieve greatness.

Non sarò mica cascato su un uomo senza ambizioni? Vorrebbe dire essere ben sfortunati!

When I was a small boy in Kansas, a friend of mine and I went fishing. I told him I wanted to be a real Major League baseball player, a genuine professional like Honus Wagner. My friend said that he'd like to be President of the United States. Neither of us got our wish.

Because you aren't afraid to kiss the dirt (and consequently dare to climb the sky)

Langley would never complete his newspaper project. I knew that and I'm sure he knew it as well. It was a crazy foolish hand-rubbing scheme that kept his mind in the mood he liked to be in.

Claudia began her studies never doubting that she could become an authority that morning. She had neither pencil nor paper to make notes. And she knew she wouldn't have a lot of time to read. So she decided that she would simply remember everything, absolutely everything she read. Her net profit, therefore, would be as great as that of someone who read a great deal but remembered very little.

deeds cannot dream what dreams can do

I am truly anxious to get on with my life.

I believe that, with anything in life, if you have the patience, desire and passion, you can do whatever you set your mind to.

there is nothing else in life like getting to the summit. What's more, I've always felt that the greater the challenge, the greater the reward.

No matter what the future holds in store, I can say now—out loud, without hesitation—something that, sadly, all too few men and women can ever say: I have lived my dream.

The famous last line of Herzog's book is "There are other Annapurnas in the lives of men.

if you're passionate about something and self-motivated, those are the key ingredients.

We must have been hunters and gatherers but some of us were just waiters and hopers.

I realized that belief is a key ingredient in trying to do things that are difficult.

Stamina is the big thing you have to learn if you want to achieve success in any kind of career, but especially creative careers.

The world owes me a living, and it's up to me to collect it.

There's nothing in this world within arm's-length of possibility that can not be done, when a man must.

Under the glitter of their opportunities she saw the poverty of their achievement.

What she craved and really felt herself entitled to was a situation in which the noblest attitude should also be the easiest.

And for always getting what she wants in the long run, commend me to a nasty woman.