Quotes Tagged "ambition"

Whatever you dream of, there will be fulfillment.

[Kidman] made life a fascinating game of chess. The board was Australia; the pieces were station managers, land, drovers, stockmen, bore contractors, tank-sinkers, water conservers, money, energy, thought, organization, markets, transport, distances, stock routes, water, grass, cattle, sheep, horses and camels. His opponent was drought, now slowly allying itself with erosion. It was a wonderful fight, lasting sixty-five years. Eventually the man won all along the line, though still fighting at the end.

Thanks to my damn ambition for being such a nasty habit--were I not addicted to you, I would have given up years ago.

A heart without dreams is like a bird without feathers. - Rise Up and Salute the Sun

In a world where everyone desperately tries to be different; be unapologetically yourself.

When you don’t forget you were once a scrappy kid from Scranton and you hustle until your family is set when you’re gone. HUSTLE, like no one is awake. Day or night. Sunrise—sunset. Hustle quietly, when the lights are on and when the lights are off.

Philosophy of mind is more important for success and happiness than ambition, education, or status.

When you see yourself versus the whole world, there's nothing that can stop you from achieving your goals.

I am well aware of how I distract myself from the mundanity of life.

When Norman O. Brown said that Western society since Newton, no matter how scientific or secular it claims to be, is still as “religious” as any other, this is what he meant: “civilized” society is a hopeful belief and protest that science, money and goods make man count for more than any other animal.

Ambition is the obscured expression of Vision

Ambition has the power to change the fate of success

You could wish for brighter moonlit skies But from a fair distance, they all look pretty much like mere streetlights.

What do you mean I have to wait for someone's approval?  I'm someone.  I approve.  So I give myself permission to move forward with my full support!

The difference between greed and ambition is a greedy person desires things he isn't prepared to work for.

Beware of those who criticize you when you deserve some praise for an achievement, for it is they who secretly desire to be worshiped.

Remember how far you’ve come, and you won’t have to rely on a destiny for your future. It will come on your own.

You were born a winner, a warrior, one who defied the odds by surviving the most gruesome battle of them all - the race to the egg. And now that you are a giant, why do you even doubt victory against smaller numbers and wider margins? The only walls that exist are those you have placed in your mind. And whatever obstacles you conceive, exist only because you have forgotten what you have already achieved.

Every flower blooms at a different pace.

Do not let your grand ambitions stand in the way of small but meaningful accomplishments.