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Quotes About Ambition

He who cherishes a beautiful vision, a lofty ideal in his heart, will one day realize it.
~ James Allen
I'm doing everything I can to sabotage my career. It's a little thing called "fear of success".
~ Jon Stewart
Let every man feel that he is the architect and builder of his own life, and that he proposes to make a success of it by working.
~ Heber J. Grant
Hard work and diligence are essential to success, but they require an internal motivation. That internal motivation is Vision
~ Myles Munroe
A powerful combination to ensure success is having the vision of an eagle and the heart of a lion.
~ Robert G. Allen
You have to have the fighting spirit. You have to force moves and take chances
~ Bobby Fischer
When success is your only option, positivity has to be your only choice.
~ Germany Kent
Look at what your idea of success would be. The more that you take in external motivators, the more it reduces your ultimate satisfaction because it doesn't come from inside.
~ Chris Messina
We hurt ourselves not by what we ask for, but what we settle for.
~ Alan Cohen
The secret of passion is purpose.
~ Robin Sharma
Two things are necessary for success in life; one is a sense of purpose and the other, a touch of madness.
~ John Harricharan
I have a theory that self-made, first-generation actresses don't feel entitled to success.
~ Natasha Lyonne
The city that has speed has success.
~ Le Corbusier
Genius? Nothing! Sticking to it is the genius! ... I've failed my way to success.
~ Thomas A. Edison
The best thing that can come with success is the knowledge that it is nothing to long for.
~ Liv Ullmann
Ambition is not what a man would do, but what a man does, for ambition without action is fantasy.
~ Bryant McGill
The common man is not concerned about the passage of time, the man of talent is driven by it.
~ Arthur Schopenhauer
We are selling ourselves very short by funneling our energies into what the traditional perception is of academic and monetary success.
~ Gunter Pauli
You can have it all, but you can't do it all.
~ Michelle Pfeiffer
Anyone who thinks my story is anywhere near over is sadly mistaken.
~ Donald Trump
A politician who climbs high over the bodies of the slain is described as vile or great according to the degree of his success.
~ Robert Musil
What you are must always displease you, if you would attain to that which you are not.
~ Saint Augustine
Just spunk won't be enough; you've got to have gumption.
~ James Agee
Remember there is plenty of room at the top-but not enough to sit down.
~ Zig Ziglar