Quotes About Ambition
When a man does not know what harbor he is making for, no wind is the right wind. - Lucius Annaeus Seneca
Keep high aspirations, moderate expectations, and small needs. - H. Stern Quote
Be nice to people on your way up because you might meet 'em on your way down. - John Dryden Quote
To understand the heart and mind of a person, look not at what he has already achieved, but at what he aspires to. - Kahlil Gibran Quote
There is no use whatever trying to help people who do not help themselves. You cannot push anyone up a ladder unless he be willing to climb himself. - Andrew Carnegie Quote
Such joy ambition finds. - John Milton Quote
We aim above the mark to hit the mark. - Ralph Waldo Emerson Quote Quote
Whoever wants to reach a distant goal must take many small steps. - Helmut Schmidt Quote
We will either find a way, or make one. - Hannibal Quote
Review each night what you have actually done during the day, and resolve to do still greater things. - Grenville Kleiser, "Inspiration and Ideals" (1917)
Don't be afraid to give up the good to go for the great. -Kenny Rogers
When you aim for perfection, you discover it's a moving target. - George Fisher Quote
Of course I want to have my cake and eat it. Who doesn't? Show me that person! - Keira Knightley
Goals are dreams we convert to plans and take action to fulfill. - Zig Ziglar Quote
I've always wanted to be somebody, but I see now I should have been more specific. - Lily Tomlin
Unassembled efforts, widespread ambition - these are the things that have made most men fail. Most men have too many irons in the forge. Specialize, and you realize. Scatter, and you shoot a mud scow with bird shot. - F.D. Van Amburgh, The Mental Spark Plug (1923)
Don't be a spectator, don't let life pass you by. - Lou Holtz Quote
All who have accomplished great thingshave had a great aim, have fixed their gaze on a goal which was high, one which sometimes seemed impossible. - Orixon Swett Marden
Ambition if it feeds at all, does so on the ambition of others. - Susan Sontag, The Benefactor
Keep putting your goal ahead. A partial success brings on mental laziness. Nothing is so dangerous as full accomplishment of all you expect, for the you have arrived. When we arrive, we unharness, lie down, and rest. - F.D. Van Amburgh, The Mental Spark Plug (1923)
You have probably aimed high. This is natural and laudable. And if you have aimed high, the only way you can hope to hit a star is to put plenty of powder behind the bullet. - F.D. Van Amburgh, The Mental Spark Plug (1923)
When ability exceeds ambition, or ambition exceeds ability, the likelihood of success is limited. - Ralph Half Quote
When a man does not know what harbor he is making for, no wind is the right wind. - Lucius Annaeus Seneca Quote
Intelligence without ambition is a bird without wings. - C. Archie Danielson Quote
Without ambition one starts nothing. Without work one finishes nothing. The prize will not be sent to you. You have to win it. - Ralph Waldo Emerson Quote
Attempt the great, pursue the great, and ultimately you will achieve the great. - Grenville Kleiser, "Inspiration and Ideals" (1917)
Far away there in the sunshine are my highest aspirations. I may not reach them, but I can look up and see their beauty, believe in them, and try to follow where they lead. - Louisa May Alcott Quote
Character cannot be developed in peace and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved. - Helen Keller
Give me a stock clerk with a goal and I'll give you a man who will make history. Give me a man with no goals and I'll give you a stock clerk. - J.C. Penney Quote
You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream. - Les Brown Quote
Don't let ambition get so far ahead that it loses sight of the job at hand. - William Feather Quote
We need to steer clear of this poverty of ambition, where people want to drive fancy cars and wear nice clothes and live in nice apartments but don't want to work hard to accomplish these things. Everyone should try to realize their full potential. - Barack Obama Quote
