Quotes about Ambition
When I was five I think, that's when I started wanting to be an actress.
- Marilyn Monroe
Men achieve a certain greatness unawares, when working to another aim.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Be careful what you set your heart on, for it will surely be yours.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
We aim above the mark to hit the mark.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Dare to live the life you have dreamed for yourself. Go forward and make your dreams come true.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Without ambition one starts nothing. Without work one finishes nothing. The prize will not be sent to you. You have to win it.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
I'm going to write a novel and get it published. I'm going to do it because writing a novel is worthwhile and because I have the talent to do it. I'm going to do it because I have something important to say to the world. I refuse to let anything get in my way.
- Randy Ingermanson
To succeed in life, you need three things: a wishbone, a backbone and a funnybone."—Reba McEntire
- Reba McEntire
To thrive in life you need three bones. A wishbone. A backbone. And a funny bone.
- Reba McEntire
To succeed in life you need three things: A back bone; A wish bone; A funny bone.
- Reba McEntire
I do think that whatever ambition I may have had natively was amplified by my father's clear valuing of it. I knew that was what my dad really cared about.
- Angela Duckworth
United need to be in the Champions League.
- Phil Jones