Quotes about Ambition
The Sixth Sense is a subject that will be of great interest and benefit to the person whose aim is to accumulate vast wealth, but it need not claim the attention of those whose desires are more modest.
— Napoleon Hill
Dreams are not born of indifference, laziness, or lack of ambition.
— Napoleon Hill
One of the chief characteristics of Barnes' Desire was that it was definite.
— Napoleon Hill
Every person who wins in any undertaking must be willing to burn his ships and cut all sources of retreat. Only by so doing can one be sure of maintaining the state of mind known as a BURNING DESIRE TO WIN, essential to success.
— Napoleon Hill
Set a high standard for yourself.
— Napoleon Hill
The motive of self-preservation The motive of financial gain The motive of love The motive of sexuality
— Napoleon Hill
First. Fix in your mind the exact amount of money you desire.
— Napoleon Hill
I had learned, from years of experience with men, that when a man really desires a thing so deeply that he is willing to stake his entire future on a single turn of the wheel in order to get it, he is sure to win.
— Napoleon Hill
Keep your mind fixed on what you want in life, not on what you don't want.
— Napoleon Hill
nothing to start with, except the capacity to know what he wanted, and the determination to stand by that desire until he realized
— Napoleon Hill
OPPORTUNITY has spread its wares before you. Step up to the front, select what you want, create your plan, put the plan into action, and follow through with PERSISTENCE.
— Napoleon Hill
The moment you complete this, you will have DEFINITELY given concrete form to the intangible DESIRE. Read the preceding sentence once more.
— Napoleon Hill