Quotes about Ambition
you need to stop waiting for the man you want to become and start being the man you want to be.
— John Maxwell
If we despise the position we have, it may be because of what I call "destination disease," which can also be called the greener grass syndrome. If we focus on being some other place because we think it's better, then we will neither enjoy where we are nor do what we must to succeed. 3.
— John Maxwell
The more tuned in you are to your purpose, and the more dedicated you are to growing toward it, the better your chances of reaching your potential, expanding your possibilities, and doing something significant.
— John Maxwell
Think, Act, Talk, and Conduct Yourself Like the Person You Want to Become
— John Maxwell
More than anything else, what keeps a person going in the midst of adversity is having a sense of purpose. It is the fuel that powers persistence.
— John Maxwell
In order to *do* more, I've got to *be* more.
— John Maxwell
Ours is a world where people don't know what they want and are willing to go through hell to get it. —DON MARQUIS
— John Maxwell
Nobody wanders his or her way to a dream, and nobody achieves a dream by accident. Don't shortcut the process and risk cheating yourself out of your dream!
— John Maxwell
If your perception of and response to failure were changed, what would you attempt to achieve?
— John Maxwell
If your habits don't line up with your dream, then you need to either change your habits or change your dream.
— John Maxwell
Ambassador and poet Henry Van Dyke observed, "There is a loftier ambition than merely to stand high in the world. It is to stoop down and lift mankind a little higher.
— John Maxwell
There is no future in any job. The future lies in the person who holds the job.
— John Maxwell