Quotes about Ambition

Vulcan Inc. is a unique organization that unites commercial, philanthropic, research, policy, and technology innovation. Our goals are ambitious - from saving Africa's elephants to unlocking the secrets of the human brain to building sustainable communities and opening up access to space.

Around 20. I'd been trying to transition from the streets to the music business, but I would make demos and then quit for six months. And I started to realize that I couldn't be successful until I let the street life go.

To be a film-maker, you have to lead. You have to be psychotic in your desire to do something. People always like the easy route. You have to push very hard to get something unusual, something different.

Confidence and ambition are the most attractive qualities to me, and knowing what you want and being upfront about it is a big part of that.

While turning pro had a lot of upside, for me, it could also have turned out to be a disaster.

I grew up in a family in which no male upstream from me had ever finished high school, much less gone to college. But I was taught that even though there was nothing I could do about what was behind me, I could change everything about what was in front of me. My working poor parents told me that I could do better.

All ambitions are lawful except those that climb upward on the miseries or credulities of mankind.

You are what you think. So just think big, believe big, act big, work big, give big, forgive big, laugh big, love big and live big.

I think it all comes down to motivation. If you really want to do something, you will work hard for it.

Big jobs usually go to the men who prove their ability to outgrow small ones.

You only have to believe that you can succeed, that you can be whatever your heart desires, be willing to work for it, and you can have it.

If you really want something , you can have it if you're willing to pay the price. And the price means you have to work better and harder than the next guy.