Quotes About Ambition

Success breeds ambition, and our recent achievements are now pushing humankind to set itself even more daring goals. Having secured unprecedented levels of prosperity, health and harmony, and given our past record and our current values, humanity's next targets are likely to be immortality, happiness and divinity.

People pursue wealth and power, acquire knowledge and possessions, beget sons and daughters, and build houses and palaces. Yet no matter what they achieve, they are never content.

Like the elite of ancient Egypt, most people in most cultures dedicate their lives to building pyramids. Only the names, shapes and sizes of these pyramids change from one culture to the other. They may take the form, for example, of a suburban cottage with a swimming pool and an evergreen lawn, or a gleaming penthouse with an enviable view.

Like the elite of ancient Egypt, most people in most cultures dedicate their lives to building pyramids. Only the names, shapes and sizes of these pyramids change from one culture to the other. They

Racing their way somewhere they no doubt called important.

I've been doing musical theater since I was a kid. And look for a CD from me in the future. I want to write all the songs!

I would have changed my last name if being famous were my goal.

Wars not only make nations; they make bankers.

A man's dreams are an index to his greatness.

I went through a whole bunch of crap with my lousy movies and pop records. I had people behind me kind of steering me in that direction, but it wasn't really my bag.

Los Angeles is one of those places where somebodies become nobodies and nobodies become somebody.

Nothing is good enough; we must know and have it all."

what keeps you going.

The world became more aware that America-despite being the hope of many who have the personal drive and ambition to become part of the "American dream"-is beset by serious operational challenges: a massive and growing national debt, widening social inequality, a cornucopian culture that worships materialism, a financial system given to greedy speculation, and a polarized political system

To resolve conflicts, excessive ambitions and one's own fears and aspirationis must be sacrificed.

She was conscious that the things she did were the things she had always wanted to do.

It seemed to Alabama that, reaching her goal, she would drive the devils that had driven her - that, in proving herself, she would achieve that peace which she imagined went only in surety of one's self - that she would be able, through the medium of the dance, to command her emotions, to summon love or pity or happiness at will, having provided a channel through which they might flow. She drove herself mercilessly, and the summer dragged on.

We get something to do and as soon as we've got it, it gets us.

Her long legs struck forcefully forward as if she pressed her toes watchfully on the accelerator of the universe.

She quietly expected great things to happen to her, and no doubt that's one of the reasons why they did.

Anything great that has been accomplished in the history of humanity has started with one small thought. We all have those thoughts; few people do anything with theirs, however. What do you intend to do with yours?

I first said I wanted to be a writer at the age of seven. It took longer to get that first novel out than I expected.

When you reach the top, keep climbing.

It is widely recognized that the courageous spirit of a single man can inspire to victory an army of thousands. If one concerned with ordinary gain can create such an effect, how much more will be produced by one who for greater things cares!