Quotes About Ambition

He wanted his little slice of happiness so much that he sacrificed the whole pig for a slice of ham.

Fear is the Fatal killer of Desire.

If you have enough push, you don't have to worry about the pull

I don't care how much power, brilliance or energy you have, if you don't harness it and focus it on a specific target, and hold it there you're never going to accomplish as much as your ability warrants.

A lot of people quit looking for work as soon as they find a job.

You cannot climb the ladder of success dressed in the costume of failure.

How can you hit a target you don't have?

Motivation gets you going and habit gets you there.

Go as far as you can see and you will see further.

Confidence is going after Moby Dick in a rowboat and taking the tartar sauce with you.

Optimists are those who go after Moby dick in a row boat with a bucket of tarter sauce.

The great majority of people are "wandering generalities" rather than "meaningful specifics". The fact is that you can't bit a target that you can't see. If you don't know where you are going, you will probably end up somewhere else. You have to have goals.

You can succeed at almost anything for which you have unbridled enthusiasm.

A goal properly set is halfway reached.

Most people who fail in their dream fail not from lack of ability but from lack of commitment.

You hit what you aim at, and if you aim at nothing you will hit it every time.

There is no elevator to success, you have to take the stairs

I believe Success is achieved by ordinary people with Extraordinary Determination.

the fear of loss is greater than the desire for gain.

Your attitude, not your aptitude, will determine your altitude.

People who accomplish great things work toward their objectives every day.

Success means doing the best we can with what we have. Success is the doing, not the getting; in the trying, not the triumph. Success is a personal standard, reaching for the highest that is in us, becoming all that we can be.

One of the main reasons people fail to reach their full potential is because they are unwilling to risk anything.

If you are going to be successful, you must develop persistence. How do you do that? It is not easily condensed in one simple statement, but one thing you can be sure of is that your must define your purpose.