Ambition Quotes - Page 6

You may delay your ambition, but never forget your ambition.

Put work into your dreams.

Si las mujeres de esta familia no hubieran sido tan estúpidas y los hombres tan ambiciosos, se habrían ahorrado años de dolor.

Trying to be more than human one becomes less.

And what, O Queen, are those things that are dear to a man? Are they not bubbles? Is not ambition but an endless ladder by which no height is ever climbed till the last unreachable rung is mounted? For height leads on to height, and there is not resting-place among them, and rung doth grow upon rung, and there is no limit to the number.

I used to think as I looked out on the Hollywood night - there must be thousands of girls sitting alone like me, dreaming of becoming a movie star. But I'm not going to worry about them. I'm dreaming the hardest.

At the age of six I wanted to be a cook. At seven I wanted to be Napoleon. And my ambition has been growing steadily ever since.

I've wanted to win at everything, every day, since I was a kid. And time doesn't change a person, it just helps you get a handle on who you are. Even at age 41, I still hate losing-I'm just more gracious about it. I'm also aware that setbacks have an upside; they fuel new dreams.

Mother Dear, one day I'm going to turn this world upside down."

-From My Brother Martin, by Christine King Farris

The voracious ambition of humans is never sated by dreams coming true, because there is always the thought that everything might be done better and again.

For he, who has never sailed through storms, can never trust sailors of such ships.

Get better acquainted with yourself, and understand the burning ambitions that dwell within. Be brave enough to follow these. They're your dreams. Follow your dreams. They are your purpose - your purpose will fulfil you. Find it, pursue it, stop at nothing. A happier you makes a happier world.

My goals may seem impossibly far-fetched when really they're not.  
Break them down into steps and see how I accomplish great things.  
I can easily reach from A to B.  I can manage from B to C. I can then make it from C to D.  
And so eventually, I will find my way from A to Z.

Step into the future with focus
knowing that the only way to kill your
dream is trying to find another.

Maybe someday, if I succeed at something, I'll stop saying, "It isn't fair" about everything else.

Your problem is in thinking the sky's the limit. Why set limits?

Desires and wishes don’t lead to success. Plans and efforts do. Create a vision, chalk out an action plan, put in your best efforts and give yourself a headstart in achieving your dreams.

Grandma sees these things when she talks about them and gestures with her hands like she's painting brush strokes in the air. The way Grandma paints her dreams for me, there's a low sky.

We all have goals and dreams. Say them aloud to yourself; if they don’t sound slightly impossible then they aren’t set high enough.

You shouldn't do that," said Laura. "You could set yourself on fire.