Quotes About Ambition

I don't believe it pays to be a great author.

If you just want a thing hard enough and keep on trying, you do get it in the end.

Me gustaría ver el mundo entero, y algún día lo conseguiré... cuando sea una gran autora, pintora, actriz o cualquier otra cosa grande que llegue a ser. La vida errante me atrae mucho.

Tout empire commence par un grand crime", il avait entendu cette phrase dans une conversation sans savoir de qui elle était mais elle lui avait plu.

Tout empire commence par un grand crime", il avait entendu cette phrases dans une conversation sans savoir de qui elle était mais elle lui avait plu.

It is too difficult to think nobly when one thinks only of earning a living.

What is your greatest ambition in life?' 'To become immortal... and then die.

Oh ! Franz, ce que tu peux être poule mouillée parfois ! Tu n'as donc pas envie de participer à ce grand bouleversement qui se prépare, de sortir de ta cage, de prendre ton envol ? Rappelle-toi que tu es le fils d'un Aigle ! Où sont tes ailes ? - Je ne suis pas le fils d'un Aigle, mais d'un vautour, qui pendant vingt ans s'est nourri de cadavres. Du moins c'est ainsi qu'on me le présente ici.

Un miros de s?rac, un miros de violen??, de necesitatea de a parveni.

Since I was seventeen I thought I might be a star. I'd think about all my heroes, Charlie Parker, Jimi Hendrix... I had a romantic feeling about how these people became famous.

finish the Tom Clancy

If I became a philosopher, if I have so keenly sought this fame for which I'm still waiting, it's all been to seduce women basically.

Man is not the sum of what he has but the totality of what he does not yet have, of what he might have.

Most people, upon reaching the top, look down and enjoy the view. The smart money is on looking up and finding new mountains to climb.

My flag is raised high today. For others to see, sure. But more so to find which way my wind is blowing. Almost time to chart a course.

Wish for nothing so much that you forget to make it come true.

Focus on what you believe and what you want to create, regardless of the blowback.

Life is getting what you want, and I'm better at life than you are.

The toughest thing in life is not learning a bunch of potentially hypothetically useful stuff, but figuring out what the heck it is you want to do.

Oftentimes, the whole reason we became programmers in the first place is because we wanted to move beyond being a mere player and change the game, control it, modify its parameters, maybe even create our own games.

If you want to build a ship, don't drum up the men to gather wood, divide the work and give orders. Instead, teach them to yearn for the vast and endless sea.

I'd maybe done about 12 movies when I decided that this was what I was going to do.

He felt that anything he wanted ought to be his no matter what.

he would be very much pleased to meet Mr. Ford." To Ford, his interaction with Edison in 1896 was inspirational and life-changing. To Edison, it had been a brief encounter with an ambitious fan, not at all unique and instantly forgotten.