Quotes about Ambition

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.

Any reward that is worth having only comes to the industrious. The success which is made in any walk of life is measured almost exactly by the amout of hard work that is put into it.

A great devotee of the Gospel of Getting On.

A great devotee of the Gospel of Getting On.

It is never too late to be what we might have been.

She accused him of having grandiose ideas and sloppy habits, a fatal combination for a writer.