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Quotes about Ambition

Rick Perry dropped out of the presidential race. When asked what went wrong, Perry said, I guess America is not ready to elect a dumb guy from Texas. But in time.
- Conan O'Brien
Be more ambitious. Don't bunt. When you get a job to do a story or an ad, try and hit the ball out of the park every time
- David Ogilvy
I think I could beat Joe Frazier singing. I was in a Broadway musical called Big Time Buck Wright.
- Muhammad Ali
Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that but the really great make you feel that you too can become great. When you are seeking to bring big plans to fruition it is important with whom you regularly associate. Hang out with friends who are like-minded and who are also designing purpose-filled lives. Similarly be that kind of a friend for your friends.
- Mark Twain
in order to make a man or boy covet a thing, it is only necessary to make the thing difficult to attain.
- Mark Twain
He had a dream and it shot him.
- Mark Twain
To succeed in life you need two things: Ignorance and confidence
- Mark Twain
The road to medical school started with a job mowing lawns I was far from sure I could handle.
- Mark Vonnegut
No person has the right to rain on your dreams.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
You don't have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
That I could clamber to the frozen moon. And draw the ladder after me.
- Arthur Schopenhauer
Ordinary people think merely how they shall spend their time; a man of any talent tries to use it.
- Arthur Schopenhauer