Quotes about Ambition

Do not allow defeat to extinguish your dreams. If you keep working and remain optimistic, opportunities can come your way.

I had watched Dad climb into the biggest arena and succeed. I wanted to find out if I had what it took to join him.

I've worked too hard and too long to let anything stand in the way of my goals. I will not let my teammates down and I will not let myself down.

While on top of Everest, I looked across the valley towards the great peak Makalu and mentally worked out a route about how it could be climbed. It showed me that even though I was standing on top of the world, it wasn't the end of everything. I was still looking beyond to other interesting challenges.

I grew up in a working class family. People thought I might go work at a mill. My mom wanted me to learn how to lay carpet because she was concerned about my future. Nobody had high hopes for me. But I was a hustler.

There is no employing class, no working class, no farming class. You may pigeonhole a man or woman as a farmer or a worker or a professional man or an employer or even a banker. But the son of the farmer will be a doctor or a worker or even a banker, and his daughter a teacher. The son of a worker will be an employer - or maybe president.

You just wait. I'm going to be the biggest Chinese Star in the world.

I was born in a tiny place in Ivory Coast, so being a protagonist in this life is a dream.

This is a photo as I would wish myself to look all the time. Then I would maybe have a chance to come to Hollywood.

America, now is not the time for small plans.

Rick Perry dropped out of the presidential race. When asked what went wrong, Perry said, I guess America is not ready to elect a dumb guy from Texas. But in time.

Be more ambitious. Don't bunt. When you get a job to do a story or an ad, try and hit the ball out of the park every time