Quotes about Ambition
Those who foolishly sought power by riding the back of the tiger ended up inside
- John F. Kennedy
Even if you are on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there
- Will Rogers
An artist is a creature driven by demons. He doesn't know why they choose him and he's usually too busy to wonder why.
- William Faulkner
Don't bother just to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors. Try to be better than yourself.
- William Faulkner
Always dream and shoot higher than you know you can do. Do not bother just to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors. Try to be better than yourself.
- William Faulkner
The love of fame is almost another name for the love of excellence; or it is the ambition to attain the highest excellence, sanctioned by the highest authority, that of time.
- William Hazlitt
A strong passion for any object will ensure success, for the desire of the end will point out the means
- William Hazlitt
If you care enough for a result, you will most certainly attain it.
- William James
Give your dreams all you've got and you'll be amazed at the energy that comes out of you.
- William James
Live as if you already are what you wish to become.
- William Jones
Further, Take heed that you faithfully perform the business you have to do in the world, from a regard to the commands of God and not from an ambitious desire of being esteemed better than others.
- David Brainerd
I will go anywhere, provided it is forward.
- David Livingstone