Quotes about Ambition

Fear must die for your dreams to live.

Rise in your mind and you will rise in your world.

I think when I was 12, I started reading Evelyn Waugh, and I loved Evelyn Waugh so much, and I thought: 'This is how the world really is. If I could be Evelyn Waugh, then I would be happy.'

I definitely wanted the second record to be a much more grandiose thing. I wanted to push myself and make a big statement.

I definitely wanted the second record to be a much more grandiose thing. I wanted to push myself and make a big statement.

I wasn't satisfied just to earn a good living. I was looking to make a statement.

I wasn't satisfied just to earn a good living. I was looking to make a statement.

When ambition ends, happiness begins.

Finally I am coming to the conclusion that my highest ambition is to be what I already am. That I will never fulfill my obligation to surpass myself unless I first accept myself, and if I accept myself fully in the right way, I will already have surpassed myself.

We must not let our passions destroy our dreams.

Question: But why do people content themselves with a show of godliness? Answer: This helps to keep up their fame. Men are ambitious of credit, and wish to gain repute in the world, therefore they will dress themselves in the garb and mode of religion, so that others may write them down for saints. But alas, what is one the better for having others commend him—and his conscience condemn him? What good will it do a man when he is in hell—that others think he has gone to heaven?

I just think there's no reason to limit yourself to one sport.