Quotes About Ambition

When people are placed in positions slightly above what they expect, they are apt to excel.

Mama wanted me to be a preacher. I told her coachin' and preachin' were a lot alike.

If you don't try, if you don't do something for yourself, you won't get anywhere.

Most People have a desire to look for the exception instead of the desire to become exceptional.

I tell young players who want to be coaches, who think they can put up with all the headaches and heartaches, can you live without it? If you can live without it, don't get in it.

The main quality of leadership..........is courage ! If you can dream it, you can do it!

Leadership Principle: As hunger increases, excuses decrease.

Part of leadership (a big part of it actually) is the ability to stick with the dream for a long time.

The real test of leadership isn't where you start out. It's where you end up.

With leadership the question at the beginning of the day is, 'how far can we take this...how big can we grow it...and how fast can we get there?'

Ordinary thinking and ordinary effort are almost never enough to generate leadership.

Every French soldier carriers a marshal's baton in his knapsack.

The sky's the limit for all Americans if we have the right kind of leadership.

I will never abandon one opportunity and wait for another. We have not reached the goal we are striving for. What you see now is nothing compared to our vision…just tiny parts of what lies ahead.

I believe more youths stay out of leadership positions because of the fear of indequacy and criticisms.

Vision, not need, is what attracts money.

Do not desire to fit in. Desire to lead."- Mary Kay Ash

The slave begins by demanding justice and ends by wanting to wear a crown. He must dominate in his turn.

Our business in life is not to get ahead of others, but to get ahead of ourselves.

I'm never satisfied. I'm always trying to get better and learn from my mistakes.

Keep your feet on the ground and keep reaching for stars.

The key to ultimate succcess is the determination to progress day by day.

Everyone has a fair turn to be as great as he pleases.

I'm learning to fly, but I ain't got wings. Coming down is the hardest thing.