Quotes about Ambition

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.

I'm for people bettering themselves, no matter who they are and where they are, doing all they can to be all they can be.

When facing a difficult task, act as though it is impossible to fail. If you are going after Moby Dick, take along the tartar sauce.

It's hard to tell with these Internet startups if they're really interested in building companies or if they're just interested in the money. I can tell you, though: If they don't really want to build a company, they won't luck into it. That's because it's so hard that if you don't have a passion, you'll give up.