Make mistakes of ambition and not mistakes of sloth. Develop the strength to do bold things, not to suffer.
To achieve all that is possible, we must attempt the impossible. To be all we can be, we must dream of being more.
I'm an ambitious fellow; I'll be frank about that.
Living a life is much like climbing mountains-the summits are always further off than you think, but when a man has a goal, he always feels he's working toward something.
What sets lion chasers apart isn’t the outcome. It’s the courage to chase God-sized dreams.
I just love a challenge, whether it’s a relationship, my career, clothing.
If you want to achieve something, you have to work a little harder and get out of your comfort zone. That is with everything: relationships, the band, music, athletics. All of the above.
I'll go be the best in the world somewhere else.
One Hundred Year Starship really is about the idea that is we pursue an extraordinary tomorrow; we'll build a better world today.
Driving by my ambitions, desire higher positions, to see eternally and my mission, to be more than just a rap musician.
Hast thou attempted greatnesse? Then go on; Back-turning slackens resolution.
I never threw away that paper with my Grammy speech because I haven't hit the pinnacles I plan to reach.
Jo's ambition was to do something very splendid; what it was she had no idea, as yet, but left it for time to tell her.
O sacred hunger of ambitious minds.
Brit Marling smartest girl I've ever met. Hands down. Brilliant. Her story? She had a graduate degree from a top tier school and turned down a job with some big company. She went to LA, said she was going to be an actress. She wasn't getting auditions, so she started writing her own films.
The ascent to greatness, however steep and dangerous, may entertain an active spirit with the consciousness and exercise of its own power: but the possession of a throne could never yet afford a lasting satisfaction to an ambitious mind.
One should not pursue goals that are easily achieved. One must develop an instinct for what one can just barely achieve through one’s greatest efforts.
Women are but the toys which amuse our lighter hours---ambition is the serious business of life.
You'll always see me doing things that I have no business doing. Whether it's directing a major motion picture or meeting with the most important people in government and dealing with the biggest subjects on Earth. The story of the millennia. These are things I aspire to tackle. It doesn't mean I'm going to win on all of them, but God damn, it looks like I've got a pretty good shot at it.
I'm not known as a singer, but in life I like to do things that are a bit beyond my reach to keep myself from slipping.
David Foster Wallace: I think one of the insidious lessons about TV is the meta-lesson that you’re dumb. This is all you can do. This is easy, and you’re the sort of person who really just wants to sit in a chair and have it easy. When in fact there are parts of us, in a way, that are a lot more ambitious than that. And what we need, I think—and I’m not saying I’m the person to do it. But I think what we need is seriously engaged art, that can teach again that we’re smart. And that there’s stuff that TV and movies—although they’re great at certain things—cannot give us.
Do all the other things, the ambitious things - travel, get rich, get famous, innovate, lead, fall in love, make and lose fortunes...but as you do, to the extent that you can, err in the direction of kindness.
Ambition is only vanity ennobled.
I've always felt that if a project seems easy, or even attainable, why pursue it? I'll always find the hardest path.
Ambition is a commendable attribute, without which no man succeeds. Only inconsiderate ambition imperils.
