Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes

Ambition is an uncomfortable companion many times. He creates a discontent with present surroundings and achievements; he is never satisfied but always pressing forward to better things in the future. Restless, energetic, purposeful, it is ambition that makes of the creature a real man.

… discontent is the first necessity of progress. Show me a thoroughly satisfied man — and I will show you a failure.

I want to do more. I'm never satisfied with what I've done.

Ambition can creep as well as soar.

I don't think I'll ever become comfortable with just being here. I always want to take it further.

I never want to be satisfied.

Discontent is the wheel that moves people forward.

Ambition, like love, can abide no lingering; and ever urgeth on his own successes, hating nothing but what may stop them.

I have that thing in my stomach where I just need to keep striving for things. In my mind, I want the fairy tale.

It's hard to be ambitious if you're content, isn't it?

Dissatisfaction with possession and achievement is one of the requisites to further achievement.

Nobody got anywhere in the world by simply being content.

I'm driven. I am. I'm driven for some reason. But I don't know where I'm going.

I'm never satisfied. I always want to achieve more.

I don't ever want to feel complacent.

I think you should always aim for more.

No matter how many goals you have achieved, you must set your sights on a higher one.

For me life is continuously being hungry. The meaning of life is not simply to exist, to survive, but to move ahead, to go up, to achieve, to conquer.

Healthy discontent is the prelude to progress.

Success should always be just beyond your grasp.

Were there none who were discontented with what they have, the world would never reach anything better.

As far as being satisfied, I just don't think you should work towards being satisfied. If everybody were satisfied, we'd never get anything done.

My dad always taught me to never be satisfied, to want more and know that what is done is done.

I'm always hungry for the next thing. I'm never resting on my laurels.

Press forward. Do not stop, do not linger in your journey, but strive for the mark set before you.