Quotes About Ambition

A schoolfellow of Vronsky's and of the same age, he was a general and was expecting a command, which might have influence on the course of political events; while Vronsky, independent and brilliant and beloved by a charming woman though he was, was simply a cavalry captain who was readily allowed to be as independent as ever he liked.

One should never go anywhere without a porpoise.

Life is like a dogsled race. If you ain't the lead dog, the scenery never changes.

I fear I will always have to chase the things I want. I'll always have to wonder whether I'm truly wanted or whether I've just been settled for.

Life don't come to you, Memphis. You gotta take it. We have to take it. Because ain't nobody handing it to us.

No one can steal our dream.

I changed my mind. I don't want to be an inveshtigative journalist anymore. I want to be a professional rum drinker." "There are people who do that," Duff said. He'd barely sipped his rum. "Really? What do you call them?" "Alcoholics.

Chin held high, Miss Ohio beamed at an imagined crowd. I want to be a motivational speaker. What are you going to motivate people to do? Smile still in place, she cut her eyes at Adina. You know. Motivational ... stuff.

What you want can be yours. But you must first know what it is you want.

Prepared to fly, even if she has to loose her legs to do it

chasing after words like trying to grab the tails of comets.

I don't understand why he had to fight. He was already in heaven. True. But he wasn't content to serve. He wanted more. He had all he could ask for, didn't he? Ann asks. Exactly. Miss Moore states. He had to ask. He was dependent upon someone else's whim. It's a terrible thing to have no power of one's own. To be denied.

What if I choose the dream instead?

New York is a city short on patience, cleanliness, clement weather, and citizens who hold faint opinions. It is not a city short of people trying to make a career of being famous, no matter what the opportunity.

Here is the world before you. You have only to reach for it.

We are nowhere, wanting to be somewhere, idling at the starting line of adulthood.

Aww, Sheba. So you're working for Evie. Honestly, who isn't working for himself in this meshuga world? Some people just hide it better than others.

No me interesa. El amor es un lío, niña. Deja que las demás se vuelvan locas y se hagan ilusiones. ¿Yo? Yo tengo planes.

Never use limitations as an excuse for mediocrity.

If flying meant that much to him, how had it felt to set himself a course that would deny him what he wanted most?

He's thought he was willing to do anything in order to get what he wanted, what was right for his kind. He'd been certain any sacrifice was possible. He'd been wrong.

Linda Lael Miller

Tree-ear has taken his first step toward his dream. Realizing a dream can be very hard, though. Sometimes, a dream can seem so far away, it almost disappears. But maybe if Tree-ear takes it one hill, one valley, one day at a time, just maybe, he'll be able to make his dream come true.

Olympus, of course not! If you are to be a politician, your natural medium is lying. Surely your agent has explained that?