Quotes about Ambition
I am not a has-been. I am a will be.
— Lauren Bacall
Don't wait until you become a big shot to do big-shot
— Tony Evans
The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack of will. —Vince Lombardi, What It Takes to Be Number One
— Tony Evans
I create my own path. It was straight and narrow. I looked at it this way: you were either in my way, or out of it.
— Kobe Bryant
The most important thing is to try and inspire people so that they can be great in whatever they want to do.
— Kobe Bryant
How you manage your appetite for reward is vital to who you are becoming.
— Kris Vallotton
But I don't begrudge anybody, because I know how hard it is to have that dream and to make it happen, whether or not it's just to put a roof over your head and food on the table.
— Carol Burnett
Part of the issue of achievement is to be able to set realistic goals, but that's one of the hardest things to do because you don't always know exactly where you're going, and you shouldn't.
— George Lucas
There are two things men have never been able to satisfy: their curiosity and their greed.
— George Lucas
It is our duty as men and women to proceed as though limits to our abilities do not exist.
— Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
I have always wanted to be somebody, but I see now I should have been more specific.
— Lily Tomlin
What makes life dreary is want of motive.
— George Eliot