Quotes About Ambition

The primary ambition of Nietzsche's critique of knowledge is ... to demonstrate that 'truths' are fictions masking moral commitments.

It is ambition enough to be employed as an under-labourer in clearing the ground a little, and removing some of the rubbish that lies in the way to knowledge.

I would rather excel in the knowledge of what is excellent, than in the extent of my power and possessions.

A restless human heart always seeks to increase personal understanding and works to attain excellence.

God knows I'm no the thing I should be Nor am I even the thing I could be.

You see things and you say, 'Why?'. But I dream things and I say, 'Why not?'.

Until you spread your wings, you'll have no idea how far you can fly.

Where there is no vision, there is no hope.

People do not decide to become extraordinary. They decide to accomplish extraordinary things.

If I'd had some set idea of a finish line, don't you think I would have crossed it years ago?

Leadership is never given on a silver platter, one has to earn it.

No matter how carefully you plan your goals they will never be more than pipe dreams unless you pursue them with gusto.

If you want to get somewhere you have to know where you want to go and how to get there. Then never, never, never give up.

A leader without the vision, to strive to improve things, is no good. Then you will just stay put, you won't progress.

There is a powerful driving force inside every human being that once unleashed can make any vision, dream, or desire a reality.

If the leader is filled with high ambition and if he pursues his aims with audacity and strength of will, he will reach them in spite of all obstacles.

All who have accomplished great things have had a great aim, have fixed their gaze on a goal which was high, one which sometimes seemed impossible.

If wanting to win is a fault, as some of my critics seem to insist, then I plead guilty. I like to win. I know no other way. It's in my blood.

Produce great men, the rest follows.

It's lonely at the top, so you better know why you are there.

Leadership is knowing what you want and making it happen.

I don't mind the high price of stardom. I just don't like the high price of mediocrity.

Leaders know that the fruit of life is out on a limb.

Desiring to excel is not a sin. It is motivation that determines ambition's character. Our Lord never taught against the urge to high achievement, but He did expose and condemn unworthy motivation.