Quotes About Ambition

Why was she always so cruel, I wondered, even after I had worked so hard for her? Perhaps she needed someone beneath her to know for certain that she was not on the bottom rung. Perhaps being cruel was proof of her success.

Even supremely able and ambitious men quailed at the thought of Leibniz's powers. "When one ... compares one's own small talents with those of a Leibniz," wrote Denis Diderot, the philosopher/poet who had compiled an encyclopedia of all human knowledge, "one is tempted to throw away one's books and go die peacefully in the depths of some dark corner.

services as a tree trimmer.92 In the fall of 1975, while still promoting Cuckoo's Nest, Nicholson played a very small part in his pal Sam Spiegel's production of F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Last Tycoon, based on the life of MGM wonder boy Irving Thalberg, who made Metro the dominant

Persistent people begin their success where others end in failure.

I have no ambition in this world but one, and that is to be a fireman. The position may, in the eyes of some, appear to be a lowly one; but we who know the work which the fireman has to do believe that his is a noble calling. Our proudest moment is to save lives.

If you want to get ahead, get a hat.

They Laughed When I Sat Down at the Piano.

Winning isn't everything, it's the only thing.

The Breakfast of Champions.

We're Number Two. We try harder.

Drivers wanted.

Be all that you can be.

Opportunities are never lost; someone will take the one you miss.

Climb highClimb farYour goal the skyYour aim the star.

You might be a firefighter if "climbing the corporate ladder" has nothing to do with career advancement.

Go the extra mile. It's never crowded.

Given enough coffee, I could rule the world.

If you're too lazy to start anything, you may get a reputation for patience.

Seest thou a man diligent in his business? He shall stand before kings.

Some of them want to use youSome of them want to get used by youSome of them want to abuse youSome of them want to be abusedSweet dreams are made of thisWho am I to disagree?

For men to search their own glory is not glory.

The road to success is dotted with many tempting parking places.

God gives us dreams a size too big so that we can grow in them.

A dreamer of dreams.