Quotes about Ambition
Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars, to change the world.
— Harriet Tubman
Do not think of todays failures, but of the success that may come tomorrow.
— Helen Keller
If you can dream it, you can do it.
— Helen Keller
Be happy with what you have while working for what you want.
— Helen Keller
On Power: It is for us to pray not for tasks equal to our powers, but for powers equal to our tasks, to go forward with a great desire forever beating at the door of our hearts as we travel toward our distant goal.
— Helen Keller
One cannot consent to creep when one feels an impulse to soar.
— Helen Keller
Life has two rules: #1 Never quit #2 Always remember rule # 1. "Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved.
— Helen Keller
There's nothing wrong with wanting to be the best, but when it takes over the joy in the moment, and the joy in the journey, then that's where there's an internal tension. And I have to surrender that.
— Lauren Daigle
The desire for fame tempts even noble minds.
— St. Augustine
But unscrupulous ambition has nothing to work upon, save in a nation corrupted by avarice and luxury.
— St. Augustine
The truth is, anyone can start projects. The world is full of just-started projects that looked great at the time but were never completed.
— Joyce Meyer
I think the person who takes a job in order to live - that is to say, for the money [not for purpose or passion]- has turned himself into a slave.
— Joseph Campbell