Quotes about Ambition
People settle. They settle for less than they are capable of.
- Seth Godin
Mediocre is merely a failed attempt to be really good.
- Seth Godin
Quitting is difficult. Quitting requires you to acknowledge that you're never going to be #1 in the world. At least not at this. So it's easier just to put it off, not admit it, settle for mediocre.
- Seth Godin
Alas, there isn't a pain-free way to achieve your goals.
- Seth Godin
Perfect closes the door. It asserts that we're done, that this is the best we can do. Worse, perfect forbids us to try. To seek perfection and not reach it is a failure.
- Seth Godin
Great writers know what to cut out. It's the same in life. Clear ambitions. Clear relationships. This is the stuff of good story.
- Donald Miller
Anybody who suggests that I run for governor is no friend of mine. It's a terrible position, and besides, it requires living in Albany, which is small-town life at its worst.
- Ed Koch
Desire is the factor that determines what your definite purpose in life shall be.
- Napoleon Hill
You go ahead, stand still, or go backwards in life. Your objective should be to go ahead.
- Napoleon Hill
The first indication that we are killing our dreams is lack of time.
- Paulo Coelho
Leave your comfortable life and go in search of your kingdom.
- Paulo Coelho
Never abandon your dreams. Follow the signs.
- Paulo Coelho