Quotes about Ambition

Ask yourself whether the dream of heaven and greatness should be waiting for us in our graves - or whether it should be ours here and now and on this earth.

More men fail though lack of purpose than lack of talent.

To achieve all that is possible, we must attempt the impossible. To be all we can be, we must dream of being more.

You can achieve anything if you believe in yourself. But the opposite is also true; without strong self-belief you will not go far.

Every successful person in life began by pursuing a passion, usually against all odds.

We all have dreams. But in order to make dreams come into reality, it takes an awful lot of determination, dedication, self-discipline, and effort.

Now he would never write the things that he had saved to write until he knew enough to write them well. Well, he would not have to fail at trying to write them either. Maybe you could never write them, and that was why you put them off and delayed the starting. Well he would never know, now.

We need more true mystery in our lives Hem- he said. The completely unambitious writer and the really good unpublished poem are the things we lack most. There is of course the problem of sustenance

What do you want? Everything. I want everything and I will take whatever I get.

He was fairly happy, except that, like many people living in Europe, he would rather have been in America, and he had discovered writing.

There is not much future in men being friends with a great woman although it can be pleasant enough before it gets better or worse, and there is usually even less future with truly ambitious women writers.

But even if I never bought any more clothing ever, I said, I wouldn't have enough money to buy the Picassos that I want.