Quotes about Ambition

I said as soon as I got the belt, I want number one contenders.

I think the person who takes a job in order to live - that is to say, for the money [not for purpose or passion]- has turned himself into a slave.

Don't worry when you are not recognized, but strive to be worthy of recognition.

They have seen in his [Senator Stephen A. Douglas's] round, jolly, fruitful face, post offices, land offices, marshalships, and cabinet appointments, chargeships and foreign missions, bursting and sprouting out in wonderful exuberance ready to be laid hold of by their greedy hands. . . . Nobody has ever expected me to be President. In my poor, lean, lank face nobody has ever seen that any cabbages were sprouting out.

Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other.

No man resolved to make the most of himself has time to waste on personal contention.

That some should be rich, shows that others may become rich, and, hence, is just encouragement to industry and enterprise.

Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any one thing.

Sometimes you have to find the passion. It comes from the inside... Everyone has to find it for themselves.

You can have your cake and eat it too and follow your passions, have a family, and be happy.

Forget the past, and ask me what's next.

People who know Paul Ryan say, 'He will be president one day.'