Quotes about Ambition
Nature of man is not what he was born as, but what he is born for.
— Aristotle
Another flaw in the human character is that everybody wants to build and nobody wants to do maintenance.
— Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
All achievement, no matter what may be its nature, or its purpose, must begin with an intense, burning desire for something definite.
— Napoleon Hill
A wish is an attitude of mind to which wings have been attached. You wish and you dream, and your whole nature focuses to bring your wishes and dreams to pass.
— Norman Vincent Peale
A lion does not become king of the jungle hunting mice.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
A lion does not become king of the jungle hunting mice.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
Any person can achieve greatness if they understand the philosophy of success and the steps required to achieve it.
— Andrew Carnegie
Politically, the goal of today's dominant trend is statism. Philosophically, the goal is the obliteration of reason; psychologically, it is the erosion of ambition.
— Ayn Rand
Even the least of our activities ought to have some end in view.
— Marcus Aurelius
Politics is a deleterious profession, like some poisonous handicrafts.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
You can always amend a big plan, but you can never expand a little one. I don't believe in little plans. I believe in plans big enough to meet a situation which we can't possibly foresee now.
— Harry S. Truman
Sure it's a big job; but I don't know anyone who can do it better than I can.
— John F. Kennedy