Quotes About Ambition

My dad was like a stage mother he always pushed me to do what I wanted.

It is better to risk starving to death then surrender. If you give up on your dreams, what's left?

You can fail at what you don't want, so you might as well try what you do want.

So many of us choose our path out of fear disguised as practicality.

Creo que todo el mundo debería hacerse rico y famoso y conseguir lo que siempre ha soñado para darse cuenta de que no es la solución

Think like the person you intend to become.

Good is the enemy of great. And that is one of the key reasons why we have so little that becomes great. We don't have great schools, principally because we have good schools. We don't have great government, principally because we have good government. Few people attain great lives, in large part because it is just so easy to settle for a good life.

Rowing is a sport for dreamers. As long as you put in the work, you can own the dream. When the work stops, the dream dissapears.

The Wolf of Wall Street

Dad said I would always be "high minded and low waged" from reading too much Ralph Waldo Emerson. Maybe he was right.

If you care about what you do and work hard at it, there isn't anything you can't do if you want to.

If you care about what you do and work hard at it, there isn't anything you can't do if you want to.

When I was young, my ambition was to be one of the people who made a difference in this world. My hope is to leave the world a little better for having been there.

Make no little plans; they have no magic to stir men's blood. —Daniel H. Burnham

Employees take weekends off, entrepreneurs dont.

I met Roy's father once... And I think that Roy's relationship with his father is still at the heart of what Roy does. But at the end of the day, he's trying to prove himself to a father he'll never really please.

With confidence, you can reach truly amazing heights; without confidence, even the simplest accomplishments are beyond your grasp.

Character is best thought of as existing in two distinct but related categories of competency – performance character competency and moral character competency. Performance character consists of specific acquired strengths usually necessary for high achievement and performance: focus, persistence, resilience, confidence, positivity, decisiveness, courage, tough-mindedness, ambition, reliability, discipline, fortitude.

From now on, we live in a world where man has walked on the moon. It wasn't a miracle, we just decided to go.

The Roman censor Appius Claudius the Blind said, "Every man is the architect of his own fortune.

There is nothing better than having to struggle and make your own way.

money is the lance, not the grail

Leadership is the challenge to be something more than average

Let others lead small lives, but not you. Let others argue over small things, but not you. Let others cry over small hurts, but not you. Let others leave their future in someone else's hands, but not you.