Meaningful Quotes. Thoughtful Insights. Helpful Tools.
Advanced Search Options

Quotes about Ambition

Failure builds muscle, determination, and dreams.
- Michael Jordan
Failure is not the crime. Low aim is.
- John Wooden
Jealous leaders measure their success by the failure of others.
- Andy Stanley
The world promises you comfort, but you were not made for comfort. You were made for greatness.
- Pope Benedict XVI
Nothing is impossible to the person who backs DESIRE with enduring FAITH.
- Napoleon Hill
Desire backed by faith knows no such word as impossible.
- Napoleon Hill
Everywhere I've been, I've been the best player. I love being a leader, and I love being the best. I just want to get better. It's not about being cocky or selfish or anything like that. It's just how I am.
- LeBron James
Being an entrepreneur is like being a pirate. Go for the booty and discover new, uncharted lands.
- Steve Jobs
No gold-digging for me; I take diamonds! We may be off the gold standard someday.
- Mae West
So early in my life, I had learned that if you want something, you had better make some noise.
- Malcolm X
But what will not ambition and revenge Descend to?
- John Milton
Wolves shall succeed for teachers, grievous wolves, Who all the sacred mysteries of Heaven To their own vile advantages shall turn Of lucre and ambition, and the truth With superstitions and traditions taint, Left only in those written records pure, Thought not but by the spirit understood.
- John Milton