Quotes about Ambition

A story starts with a hero who wants something. And then the question becomes: Will the hero get what she wants?

The idea is that you place a gap between a character and what they want.

PERHAPS ONE OF the reasons I've avoided having a clear ambition is that second you stand up and point toward a horizon, you realize how much there is to lose. It's always been this way.

I suppose that's the point of this book. There's truth in the idea we're never going to be perfect in love but we can get close. And the closer we get, the healthier we will be. Love is not a game any of us can win, it's just a story we can live and enjoy. It's a noble ambition, then, to add a chapter to the story of love, and to make our chapter a good one.

Nothing is easy. But who wants nothing?

Carry your most important goal in your wallet.

I think when you have big dreams you attract other big dreamers.

Don't let anyone steal your dreams. Follow your heart, no matter what.

A goal is the ongoing pursuit of a worthy objective until accomplished.

A goal that is not measurable is just wishful thinking.

You want to set a goal that is big enough that in the process of achieving it you become someone worth becoming.

If you are bored with life, if you don't get up every morning with a burning desire to do things—you don't have enough goals.