Quotes About Ambition

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I see where all this success has led me. Now I want to see what it's kept me from.

People talk about how sad it would be to die before they've done everything they want to do or seen everything they want to see. But I think it would be worse to live life and have there be nothing left that you want to see or do.

without the stars there to remind us, whatever would we reach for?" Her

Someone has to write all those stories: why not me?

I was a veritable Johnny Appleseed of grand expectations, and all I reaped for my trouble was a harvest of bitter fruit.

failure has a function. It asks you whether you really want to go on making things.

Because if you love and want something enough—whatever it is—then you don't really mind eating the shit sandwich that comes with it.

Your ego is a wonderful servant, but it's a terrible master—because the only thing your ego ever wants is reward, reward, and more reward. And

He realized that "failure has a function. It asks you whether you really want to go on making things.

Vaata, see ongi sinu häda. Sa soovid liiga palju, musike. Sul on selgroo asemel sooviluu.

You may want your work to be perfect, in other words; I just want mine to be finished.

Without bravery, their lives would remain small - far smaller than they probably wanted their lives to be.

you will never be able to create anything interesting out of your life if you don't believe that you're entitled to at least try.

Step forward out of your own lingering residual sense of smallness, take up every inch of life that is your blessed inheritance, and DO YOUR THING.

All the good ideas seem daunting at first.

Onward ever, backward never.

You gotta stop wearing your wishbone where your backbone oughtta be.

You can certainly live without the debt, because debt will always be the abattoir of creative dreams.

She was making something of herself, making something with herself.

Quit your complaining. It's not the world's fault that you wanted to be an artist. It's not the world's job to enjoy the films you make, and it's certainly not the world's obligation to pay for your dreams. Nobody wants to hear it. Steal a camera if you must, but stop whining and get back to work.

Your ego is a wonderful servant, but it's a terrible master—because the only thing your ego ever wants is reward, reward, and more reward.

There was no better path to autonomy for an ambitious young businesswoman than to be married off to a respectable corpse.

You gotta stop wearing your wishbone where your backbone oughtta be." This