Quotes about Ambition
None of the projects or designs which exercise the mind of man are equally subject to obstructions and disappointments with the pursuit of fame.
- Samuel Johnson
Find your vision, and let it guide you in all that you do. If you lack vision, look inside yourself. Draw on your natural gifts and desires.
- John Maxwell
The fundamental factor of self-deception is this constant desire to be something in this world and in the world hereafter.
- Jiddu Krishnamurti
Desire means never quit.
- Jeff Hardy
Weak desires bring weak results, just as a small amount of fire brings a small amount of heat.
- Napoleon Hill
It isn't expectations that carry us forward, it's our desire to go on.
- Paulo Coelho
A BURNING DESIRE TO BE, AND TO DO is the starting point from which the dreamer must take off. Dreams are not born of indifference, laziness, or lack of ambition.
- Napoleon Hill
Desire is what takes the hot water of mediocrity and turns it into the steam of outstanding success.
- Zig Ziglar
We should aim rather at leveling down our desires than leveling up our means.
- Aristotle
Our problem is not that we desire too much but too little.
- CS Lewis
Lord, grant that I may always desire more than I can accomplish.
- Michelangelo
The desire for fame tempts even noble minds.
- St. Augustine