Quotes About Ambition

I'm very competitive, and my ego couldn't handle that lack of success

The problems with success, frankly, are infinitely preferable to the problems of failure.

Who told you it couldn't be done? And what great achievement has he to his credit that entitles him to use the word 'impossible' so freely?

I like a state of continual becoming, with a goal in front and not behind.

To have big success, you must have big dreams, and you must be willing to take a chance.

I get up every morning determined to both change the world and to have one hell of a good time. Sometimes, this makes planning the day difficult.

Your ability to set goals and to make plans for their accomplishment is the master skill of success.

When I was in my 20s, I wanted to go after dramatic roles, and I didn't have a tremendous amount of success with that.

Careers are here and they're gone. No matter how great we think we are, we're nothing but the temples of Ozymandias-we're ruins in the making.

Any time you see someone more successful than you are, they are doing something you aren't.

We are always chasing after things that other companies won't touch. That is a big secret to our success.

Perseverance is a great element of success.

I like people who are able to keep pushing themselves and challenging themselves even after great success.

Successful people make money. It's not that people who make money become successful, but that successful people attract money. They bring success to what they do.

Success has ruined many a man.

Don't be so obsessed with stardom that you miss out on success

In my forties, my optimism was boundless. I had really good health and tremendous success which allowed me to do anything I wanted.

...it is well known that a vital ingredient of success is not knowing that what you're attempting can't be done.

I'd rather have huge success and huge failures than travel in the middle of the road.

Nowadays nothing but money counts: a fortune brings honors, friendships, the poor man everywhere lies low.

Success is not a resting-place - it is a launching pad.

I go out there to win. People don't care if you die in this business. The only way I get back is with success.

Act as if success is certain.

The boys think they can all be athletes, and the girls think they can all be singers. That's the way to fame and success. ...as a group blacks must give up their illusions.