Quotes about Ambition

I've always wanted to live above my means because it inspired me to work harder.

I remember riding in a taxi one afternoon between very tall buildings under a mauve and rosy sky; I began to bawl because I had everything I wanted and knew I would never be so happy again.

The idea that to make a man work you've got to hold gold in front of his eyes is a growth, not an axiom. We've done that for so long that we've forgotten there's any other way.

I am going to seek a grand perhaps; draw the curtain, the farce is played.

There may have been a time when pride was the very center of your life. You had ambitious thoughts of yourself, your powers, desires, and aims; but now that will begin to change . . . you have been born again.

Any work done by a follower of Christ to the glory of God is "gold, silver, precious stones." But if any follower of Christ works with any self-interest or personal ambition involved, it will be "wood, hay, and stubble" and will be burned.

Success stories may be great motivational material for sales seminars, but we are not always successful.

Millions of young people are shifting from one side to the other. They are like unguided missiles filled with energy and ambition and yet somehow not "fitting in." Peer pressure leads them astray … [and] in thousands of churches they are led astray theologically.

Man boasts of his nobility, his ideals, and his progress. Man's goal is imitation, not redemption.

Set your goals high, and don't stop until you get there.

If you can't read, it's going to be hard to realize dreams.

The individual who can do something that the world wants done will, in the end, make his way regardless of race.