Quotes about Ambition
You aspire to great things? Begin with the little ones.
— St. Augustine
The ambitious climb high and perilous stairs, and never care how to come down; the desire of rising hath swallowed up their fear of a fall.
— Thomas Adams
Everyone wants to be financially secure, the problem is most people focus on "getting by" when they need to be focused on "getting rich."
— Hal Elrod
That's what you want to do? Then nothing beats a trial but a failure. Give it everything you've got. I've told you many times, 'Cant do is like Dont Care.' Neither of them have a home.
— Maya Angelou
Who you become today will determine what you are capable of creating tomorrow.
— Hal Elrod
The greatest detriment to tomorrow's success, is today's success.
— Rick Warren
Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you'll land among the stars.
— Norman Vincent Peale
When I was growing up I always wanted to be someone. Now I realize I should have been more specific.
— Lily Tomlin
The most important thing in life is to stop saying 'I wish' and start saying 'I will.' Consider nothing impossible, then treat possiblities as probabilities.
— Charles Dickens
Because I know the things I should be able to accomplish, and I don't want to do so.
— Paulo Coelho
If you start out by promising what you don't even have yet, you'll lose your desire to work toward getting it.
— Paulo Coelho
Follow your star, it's never too late, even if it doesn't quite happen as you expect.
— Jemima Pett