Quotes About Ambition

No man ever wetted clay and then left it, as if there would be bricks by chance and fortune.

I would rather excel in the knowledge of what is excellent, than in the extent of my power and possessions.

He is a fool who leaves things close at hand to follow what is out of reach.

So inconsiderable a thing is fortune in respect of human nature, and so insufficient to give content to a covetous mind, that an empire of that mighty extent and sway could not satisfy the ambition of two men;

He who least likes courting favour, ought also least to think of resenting neglect; to feel wounded at being refused a distinction can only arise from an overweening appetite to have it.

I would rather excel in the knowledge of what is excellent than the extent of my power or possessions.

Thus ambitious spirits in a commonwealth, when they transgress their bounds, are apt to do more harm than good.

In der Nacht waren sie der Gegenstand seiner Träume, und während des Tages trieb ihn der Eifer, seinem Vorbild ähnlich zu werden, hinaus und stachelte ihn zu dem Vorsatz an, die gleichen Taten zu verrichten.

Those who aim at great deeds must also suffer greatly.

When Alexander saw the breadth of his domain, he wept for there were no more worlds to conquer. (Technically a misquote, but I like the misquote better)

The moral is to not set yourself goals which don't leave you any freedom to maneuver.

A good American goes for it, just does it, slakes it, eats it, kills it, the more the better, damn the torpedoes!

People can be very low for self-interest, Man can do many things for self-interest. Poet Md. Hedaetul Islam

My dad told me that no one could ever make it as a writer, that my chances were equivalent to winning the lottery - which was good for me, because I like to have something to prove.

If you want something, you don't wait for the world to deal it out for you. You take it.

But if I die without trying again, I'm a coward. I don't mind having regrets about stuff I've done. It's the regrets about stuff I haven't done that bother me.

you could simply imagine doing the unthinkable, and then, the next thing you knew, there you were doing it. Nothing was out of the question. Anything could happen. You had to do it your way.

But we must have something beyond survival to live for, or we shall not survive.

You are shameless! Will go far indeed, if no one shoots you first.

You'll either be killed, young man, or you'll do something that will force us to step on you, or you'll go far indeed.

You can't get single things without any single effort and effort is depend on the quality and quantity of your desire.

Bagaimanapun baik yang telah kalian peroleh dari kehidupan ini, masih ada saja yang kalian rasa kurang. Yang berada dalam kekurangan ingin terbebas dari kekurangan itu, ingin mendapatkan kemakmuran yang melimpah. Yang telah berada dalam kecukupan ingin lebih cukup lagi. Dari perasaan kurang itu, dari keinginan mendapatkan yang lebih baik itu, timbullah impian. Dan impian itu bisa menjadi padat, menjadi cita-cita. Dan cita-cita itu menjadi pola yang menjadi dasar dan petunjuk dari perbuatan.

Bagaimana cara seorang Pribumi bisa jadi Presiden? Apa dia kemudi-an tidak terjatuh pada kebiasaan raja-raja, yang dikenalnya dari dongeng dan dilihatnya sendiri di berbagai kabupaten? Tidak-kah kemudian akan timbul orang-orang lain yang juga ingin jadi seperti dia, dan perang berkecamuk terus-menerus seperti isi Babad Tanah Jawi? Perang yang tidak ada habis-habisnya - setiap orang lawan setiap orang, semua lawan semua? Bakal apa jadinya?

She has a unique quality which I have myself commented upon on several occasions. She has built her own career—fearlessly and aggressively—and what she is today is the outcome of her own struggle, labour and hard work. She has an aura about her which is difficult to explain but impossible to ignore.