Quotes About Ambition

The heights charm us, but the steps do not; with the mountain in our view we love to walk the plains.

For a man to achieve all that is demanded of him, he must regard himself as greater than he is.

While Man's desires and aspirations stir, He cannot choose but err.

What matters creative endless toil, When, at a snatch, oblivion ends the coil?

Es irrt der Mensch so lang er strebt

Man errs, till he has ceased to strive.

Anything you can do, or dream you do, begin it: boldness has genius, power, and magic in it.

Life seems so vulgar, so easily content with the commonplace things of every day, and yet it always nurses and cherishes certain higher claims in secret, and looks about for the means of satisfying them.

Man is too prone, at best, to seek the way that's easy, He soon grows fond of unconditioned rest;

Flying dreams mean that you're doing the right thing with your life.

You know, one of my biggest dreams in life is to play a Disney princess.

...because a life without meaning, without drive or focus, without dreams or goals, isn't a life worth living.

I've always thought you have to live life looking forwards, not backwards. I've had no interest at all in who my ancestors are.

Life is a continued struggle to be what we are not, and to do what we cannot.

There is one plain rule of life. Try thyself unweariedly till thou findest the highest thing thou art capable of doing, faculties and outward circumstances being both duly considered, and then do it.

There is something really nice about learning that you can take the reins of your life and your career.

Go after what you want as if your life depended on it. Because it Does!

A great book begins with an idea; a great life, with a determination.

The miracle or the power that elevates the few is to be found in their industry, application and perseverance under the promptings of a brave, determined spirit.

What is the fire that burns in your heart? If you are lucky enough to discover it, than by all means fan the flames and let the fire be the guiding light for a life worth living.

Genius is a will-o'-the-wisp if it lacks a solid foundation of perseverence and fanatical tenacity. This is the most important thing in all of human life.

When I was young, all I wanted and expected from life was to sit quietly in some corner doing my work without the public paying attention to me. And now see what has become of me.

Life is very short, try everything you've dreamed about (within the perimeters of sanity and the law) and regret nothing. Oh, and don't forget the sunscreen.

My father worked on assembly lines in Detroit while I was growing up. Every day, I watched him do what he needed to do to support the family. But he told me, 'Life is short. Do what you want to do.'