Quotes about Ambition

I enjoyed doing 'Space Jam' and maybe I'll do a milk commercial some day, but I'm not into that stuff.

It's difficult for your mindset when you don't know what you're training for.

It was a dream of mine to be in an action film.

We tend to think we can be happy only if we're number one. But if you want to be number one, you have to devote all your time and energy to your work.

If you want something you've never had, you must be willing to do something you've never done.

The biggest human temptation is to settle for too little.

The Need to Win When an archer is shooting for nothing He has all his skill. If he shoots for a brass buckle He is already nervous. If he shoots for a prize of gold He goes blind Or sees two targets — He is out of his mind. His skill has not changed, But the prize Divides him. He cares, He thinks more of winning Than of shooting — And the need to win Drains him of power.

Finally, I am coming to the conclusion that my highest ambition is to be what I already am.

Excerpt from Cracking the Safe: Thus what the world calls good business is only a way To gather up the loot, pack it, make it secure In one convenient load for the more enterprising thieves. Who is there, among those called smart, Who does not spend his time amassing loot For a bigger robber than himself?

Aim at Heaven and you will get Earth 'thrown in': aim at Earth and you will get neither.

If we let ourselves, we shall always be waiting for some distraction or other to end before we can really get down to our work. The only people who achieve much are those who want knowledge so badly that they seek it while the conditions are still unfavorable. Favorable conditions never come.

You are never too old to dream a new dream or set another goal.