Quotes about Ambition
eats the whale by its own light, does
- Herman Melville
Science! Curse thee, thou vain toy!
- Herman Melville
Thus, some minds for ever keep trimming boat.
- Herman Melville
Sharing the same blood with England, and yet her proved foe in two wars—not wholly inclined at bottom to forget an old grudge—intrepid, unprincipled, reckless, predatory, with boundless ambition, civilized in externals but a savage at heart, America is, or may yet be, the Paul Jones of nations. Regarded in this indicatory
- Herman Melville
To arrive in a city like Milan as a young man was a huge challenge.
- Javier Zanetti
I want to help all those youngsters in Nagpur who have fire and sporting spirit burning inside them and not merely those who want to take up wrestling.
- Sangram Singh
Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other.
- Abraham Lincoln
Press forward. Do not stop, do not linger in your journey, but strive for the mark set before you.
- George Whitefield
Do you wish to be great? Then begin by being. Do you desire to construct a vast and lofty fabric? Think first about the foundations of humility. The higher your structure is to be, the deeper must be its foundation.
- St. Augustine
If you set goals and go after them with all the determination you can muster, your gifts will take you places that will amaze you.
- Les Brown
Follow your own star!
- Dante Alighieri
The biggest mistake that you can make is to believe that you are working for somebody else. Job security is gone. The driving force of a career must come from the individual. Remember: Jobs are owned by the company, you own your career!
- Earl Nightingale