Quotes about Ambition

My mother said to me, "If you are a soldier, you will become a general. If you are a monk, you will become the Pope." Instead, I was a painter, and became Picasso.

I am always doing things I can't do, that's how I get to do them.

What would you attempt to do if you knew you couldn't fail?" When I got that, I thought, Of course, I would just go for it! And that's what you've got to do every single day of your thirties and beyond. Just go for it! Your life is now.

The principle? Let Charles Schwab say it in his own words: "The way to get things done," says Schwab, "is to stimulate competition. I do not mean in a sordid, money-getting way, but in the desire to excel.

we only move toward what moves us.

For life is too short to be little.

There is no limit to what a man can do, or where he can go, if he doesn't mind who gets the credit.

I failed my exam in some subjects but my friend passed. Now he's an engineer in Microsoft and I am the owner.

You either run with lions or walk with sheep.

Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven't found it yet, keep looking. Don't settle. As with all matters of the heart, you'll know when you find it.

I never dreamed about success. I worked for it.

I am a warrior, so that my son may be a merchant, so that his son may be a poet.