Quotes about Ambition

Throughout my 20s and early 30s, I had jobs that I loved. I worked in city government. I ran a youth organization. I served as an associate dean at a university. And I couldn't imagine how a baby would fit into all of that.

When I look into the future, it's so bright it burns my eyes.

I knew how to sell. I felt confident I could run a business. I was willing to outwork anyone. I wasn't afraid to live like a student on next to nothing. So that meant I had absolutely nothing to lose and everything to gain.

My oomph factor helped me enter B-town. I have a naturally gifted body.

He will have true glory who despises it.

Goals enable you to do more for yourself and others, too.

Every man has within himself a gold mine whose riches are limited only by his own industry.

Striving is exhausting. Sometimes I do say things like, 'I wish I were not quite this driven to be excellent.' It's not a comfortable life. It's not relaxed. I'm not relaxed as a person. I mean, I'm not unhappy. But... it's the opposite of being comfortable.

I didn't even go to college. I wish I did.

I wanted to be a ballet dancer. I was bad - I'm not very coordinated. But I always wished I could have been a dancer.

No good fish goes anywhere without a porpoise.

I never knew what I wanted to do, but I knew the kind of woman I wanted to be.