Quotes About Ambition

Chodte za svojim stastim a vesmir vam otvori dvere aj tam, kde dovtedy boli iba mury.

In my opinion, most of the great men of the past were only there for the beer - the wealth, prestige and grandeur that went with the power.

It's all well and good to set reasonable goals, but when unreasonable goals are your only choice, you should always strive for them. Because it's not really a choice at all.

I suppose if I'd got a brilliant first and done research I might still be a don today, but I hope not. People become dons because they are incapable of doing anything else in life.

One did not have to sell like Hemingway, Davenport, Hale, Rawlings, Weston, or Taylor Caldwell to get Perkins's backing. In fact, his heart went out most readily to the person who desperately desired to be a writer but who could not produce a good book.

There's enough of the social climber in most people so that they fall for this stuff and consider it a privilege to be admitted to a place that specializes in taking their money.

Europe is a place that conserves. It maintains, it curates its civilization, protects it against the ravages and rust of other cultures, and the rot of time and intellectual theft. We are a continent where fear of losing what we have is greater than the ambition to make it anew.

Almost anyone can be an author; the business is to collect money and fame from this state of being.

Du mußt nicht groß sein, um Großes zu vollbringen.

That strong man you mentioned earlier? You're looking at one. And we not only go after what we want, we plan when the party will happen. And then we lead the dance.

At least I've had a man," Leah snapped. "And I've got a college degree and own a business, while you're serving coffee at your aunt's coffee shop. You want to continue keeping score of who's doing what, go right ahead, but I've got work to do.

Passion points to purpose.

The desire to engineer humanity is a sign of a mind warped by megalomania and lust for power.

Content," Guildenstern agreed. "One aspires to happiness, but not too much since one would not wish to be disappointed.

From top to bottom of the ladder, greed is aroused without knowing where to find ultimate foothold. Nothing can calm it, since its goal is far beyond all it can attain. Reality seems valueless by comparison with the dreams of fevered imaginations; reality is therefore abandoned.

Para conseguir el bien que desea, el hombre emprendedor no teme ningún peligro, el trabajador no escatima ningún esfuerzo. Sólo los cobardes y los perezosos no saben ni soportar el mal, ni recobrar el bien que se limitan a desear.

Existence is strife." "To strive is to live.

We need to appreciate what we have and strive for what we can achieve, rather than reach for what's denied to us.

Would you like to have

Remember you goal is gold. -Aaron Jhinkoo

Think about the future and don't dwell on the past. -Aaron Jhinkoo

In that moment, Dan was reminded why he wanted to write in the first place. It was the same reason anybody does anything -- to impress women. (Jeremy Goodwin, Sports Night)

I think mostly about intention and obstacle somebody wants something somethings standing in their way of getting it.

I worship at the altar of obstacle and intention.