Quotes About Ambition

Poor old Agnes! So ambitious. He guessed he had been quite a disappointment to her . . . and no doubt the change of life wasn't making things any easier for her. Well, at least she was loyal, right to her toes . . . and we all have our shortcomings; she was probably as sick of him as he—no point in that!

Terra had climbed well beyond that which its

Because great wealth is a curse—unless you enjoy money-making for its own sake. Even then it has serious drawbacks.

We shall drive ever forward along this line until all our citizens have above-average incomes!

I remembered hearing Dad say: "Some people insist that 'mediocre' is better than 'best.' They delight in clipping wings because they themselves can't fly. They despise brains because they have none. Pfah!

Oh, as the tragedies of Shakespeare have revealed, the fall of kings is but fodder for the riches entertainments.

Believe that you can exceed all your previous ambitions and hopes in all areas of your life.

5. Did you ever really give a good trial to our exercize, "I can now exceed all of my previous hopes and ambitions?" Try it; and at the same time, try, "I can be healthier than I have ever been before.

Just like human life. You want something so bad you make it hard to get.

Lowery would half kill himself to make an extra dollar, and he'd be perfectly willing to kill any of his employees for another fifty cents. But

I know what I want and what I might gain, and yet, how profitless to know.

A man's reach should exceed his grasp

Ah, but a man's reach should exceed his grasp, or else what's a heaven for?

O poder do Homem deve exceder o seu alcance. Senão, para que serviria o céu?

Your reach should exceed your grasp, or what's a heaven for

To only have conceived, Planned your great works, apart from progress, Surpasses little works achieved!

The aim, if reached or not, makes great the life: Try to be Shakespeare, leave the rest to fate!

Man's reach much exceed his grasp, or what is heaven for?

The best laid schemes o' mice an' men gang aft agley.

It's not enough to have talent, you also have to be Hungarian.

Bob Moses had learned what was needed to make dreams become realities. He had learned the lesson of power. And now he grabbed for power with both hands. To free his hands for the grab, he shook impatiently from them the last crumbs of the principles with which he had entered public service and for which, during his years of idealism, he had fought so hard.

She strives, understanding the futility of it, for perfection.

And what mostly made that feller a loser was he didn't want nuthin' bad enough.

As he later wrote, if he believed there were things he couldn't do, he would still be working at the meatpacking plant in Sioux City.