Quotes About Ambition

There comes a time when a men desires to rise above fear.

You'll laugh at me, of course"—Geoffrey smiled a hasty and unconvincing negative—"but in the long run it is the people who dream of being men of action who are the men of action. Admittedly Don Quixote made a fool of himself with the windmills, but when all's said and done, there probably were giants about.

You don't have to be a hero to accomplish great things---to compete. You can just be an ordinary chap, sufficiently motivated to reach challenging goals.

People do not decide to become extraordinary. They decide to accomplish extraordinary things.

Bram Stoker] wrote in his diary: "Must be President some day. A man you can't cajole, can't frighten, can't buy.

and attitudes that would enable and encourage attempts at

To kirk the nearer, from God more far,Has been an old-said saw.And he that strives to touch the stars,Oft stumbles at a straw.

And he that strives to touch the stars Oft stumbles at a straw.

It may be that there is nothing more demoralizing than a small but adequate income.

There is nothing more demoralizing than a small but adequate income.

Soar, eat ether, see what has never been seen; depart, be lost, but climb.

No me extrañaría que se hayan arrepentido de sus ambiciones en el instante mismo de ocupar la presidencia al darse cuenta que trataban de dirigir un país ingobernable.

le he visto trabajar estos anos y le auguraba un gran futuro en el marco ce la administración pública. Es usted cumplidor, puntual, serio, respetuoso con sus superiores, no tiene ambición y nunca toma iniciativas.

Trabajaba en un Juzgado que había sabido funcionar bien, pero que ahora estaba en manos de un boludo. Y un boludo de la peor especie: un boludo con ansias de rápidos ascensos.

Una cosa es planear las cosas en la cama, en las noches de desvelo, con los ojos clavados en el techo. Ejecutar el plan con el que soñamos es otra cosa bien distinta.

My sole literary ambition is to write one good novel, then retire to my hut in the desert, assume the lotus position, compose my mind and senses, and sink into meditation, contemplating my novel

Gluttony - that's my vice & curse. I want too much of everything. Books... Love... Music... Color & Form... Philosophy... Travel & Adventure... the result of this bestial lust is the indiscriminate and promiscuous splaying of my energies - wanting all, I accomplish nothing; desiring everything, I satisfy nothing and am satisfied by nothing.

There's nobody doesn't want something.

First just try to hit the moon … walking on its surface is for another day.

One man has enthusiasm for 30 minutes, another for 30 days, but it is the man who has it for 30 years who makes a success of his life.

All you now do is pursue your private objectives within society. Instead of us being a community, everybody is asked to seek their own personal ends. It's called competition. And competition is antagonism.

Dream manfully and nobly, and thy dreams shall be prophets

Gatsby was great, but most unlikely. Gatsby was too unreal. Although I thought Fitzgerald wrote as well as any American novelist in the twentieth century, Gatsby was as far from truth as Fu Manchu. He was too soft to be what he was storied to be. Gatsby might be a cat burglar, but Gatsby was definitely not a gangster. He lacked the force of will to compel tough men to his bidding simply by force of will. He failed another test; he was too weak for a broad.

It's an enormous wall that's built between you and your dreams. And if every day, you just chip away... It may take ten years, but eventually you just might see some light.