Quotes About Ambition

I raised you up to fly to the heavens, not to brood over a clutch of eggs!

Forever the dream is in the mind, realization in the hands.

Take it,' hisses DomDaniel. 'But I will be back for it. I will be back with the seventh of the seventh.

Everyone is a fuckin' Napoleon.

You leave home to seek your fortune and, when you get it, you go home and share it with your family.

Not everyone is born to fulfill an heroic role. The only realistic ambition is to live in the present. And sometimes, quite often in fact, this is more than enough to keep one busy. Time, which was once squandered, must now be given over to the actual, the possible, and perhaps that evanescent hope of a good outcome which never deserts one, and which should never be abandoned.

A girl with brains ought to do something with them besides think.

I really think if I do not get the diamond tiara my whole trip to London will be quite a failure

Money was not everything, because after all, it is only brains that count.

There is no scientific answer for success. You can't define it. You've simply got to live it and do it.

You need to aim, to achieve.

Once burned and twice shy in love, Dara plans to study hard and graduate at the top of her law school class. Sean's romantic overtures don't tempt her. But Sean's brother Mike is her new boss, and his piercing gaze and brooding presence are infinitely harder to resist. Dara's internship at

It astonished him how many of the players in the case still lived in the town, or had connections with the place. It was as if they'd had no ambition, or lacked the confidence to uproot themselves and try life elsewhere.

Generally making myself indispensable. I was ambitious in those days. It seems ridiculous now.

Holly wondered how long it would be before he looked for promotion, a team of his own, and whether Vera would see that as progress – a validation of her skill as a mentor – or as betrayal.

Most people who get into power in the western world start with great intentions, but slowly they all become entrapped and hung by their own petard.

I do feel that I need to do at least one more Western - I think you need to make three Westerns to call yourself a Western director.

My drive comes from my parents and from Westminster.

I don't want it to be comfortable for players to step in, stroll about and walk away with three points. But there won't be any old-school flat balls, cold tea or wet floors.

I was playing division three basketball and I wanted to find a way to work in basketball full-time. The way to do that was not in division three right away; you'd have to be a part-time assistant or whatever. So, I made the decision to transfer to Kentucky. Just so I could get my feet wet and maybe get a job in D-1.

Even though I was 110 pounds wet in high school and had no attention from any major schools, I always had a little bit of fight in me. There was always a dog in there, too.

You've got to pay the bills, and you want to get your foot in. The great shows usually aren't going to look for somebody completely untested, so you have to kind of get your feet wet doing other shows.

With the first 'Heartless,' I was just tryna get my feet wet in the game, and it was like, 'nobody wanna help me, nobody wanna show me love,' so I ain't feel the love, nowhere. That's what made me heartless.

I decided I wanted to use my real name 'Tierra Whack' when I decided I wanted to make music my career.