Quotes About Ambition

You must be a poet, a lady of evil luck desiring to be what you are not, longing to be what you can only visit.

Sometimes superheroes are born, sometimes they are made. Sometimes they make themselves. Sometimes all it takes is will.

When girls set their sights on a career, they have to work it out of their systems. Otherwise the kitchen sink gets to be a kind of sacrificial altar.

If one has the will and persistance, one CAN do things.

Inherited wealth is a real handicap to happiness," he said. "It is as certain death to ambition as cocaine is to morality.

Tu avais raison, lui dit-elle, l'Elgolie n'existe pas. Pas comme je le croyais, en tout cas. Mais je n'ai renoncé à rien. J'ai décidé de faire de la Galnicie une sorte d'Elgolie à ma façon. Qu'en penses-tu ? — Te connaissant, répondit Filomène avec un large sourire, je pense... que tu es parfaitement capable d'y arriver, Princetta !

Whatever dreams I have wished have come true.

There has to be a way," she said, determinedly. "Nothing is impossible." Bean stared at her. "It's impossible for us to be good at ballet." "Well, that, sure," said Ivy. "But it's not impossible for us to break our arms.

voice of the Congress was supposed to be the voice of sedition and of class ambition, instead of being, as it was the voice of educated Indians, the most truly patriotic and loyal class of the population. In

Exacerbating the pass-fail problem is that once we establish a goal, we rarely revisit it. Goals tend to be set-it-and-forget-it. The finish line doesn't move.

Adults ask children, "What do you want to be when you grow up?" We don't ask, "What job do you want?" We are asking who they will be, not what they will do. This is a difference with quite a large distinction.

But for so many of us, that fear of falling short makes us not want to start. As Richard Thaler quipped, "If a gold medal in the Olympics is the only grade that passes, you do not want to ever take your first gymnastics class.

All these famous people, and countless others, have united behind variations of the expression "Quitters never win, and winners never quit.

Yo también caí en la trampa de la mujer total, orgullosa de ser por fin capaz de conciliarlo todo, la subsistencia, un hijo y tres cursos de lengua francesa, guardiana del hogar y dispensadora del saber, superwoman, no solo intelectualmente hablando, en resumidas cuentas, armónica. Vía libre al lirismo cuando lo demás, la reflexión en particular, ha desaparecido.

Elle servait des pommes de terre et du lait du matin au soir pour que je sois assise dans un amphi à écouter parler de Platon

Qué hacer de esta verdad: que soy nula, que no doy la talla en la vía en la que me he iniciado

MickeyMize your life, because it is better than to MinneyMize, or MaxiMize, or OptiMize, or PessiMize, or PhantoMize. MickeyMize is the way to go!

The whole world steps aside for the man who knows where he is going.

A lot of us would like to move mountains, but few of us are willing to practice on small hills.

A steady salary is an invitation to mediocrity.

Some people dream of great accomplishments, while others stay awake and do them.

American Express? . . . That'll do nicely, sir.

It's a dog eat dog world and I'm wearing milk bone underwear.

I wanted to be a professional drummer.