Ambition Quotes

In literature the ambition of the novice is to acquire the literary language; the struggle of the adept is to get rid of it.

The biggest changes in a women's nature are brought by love; in man, by ambition.

Be honest with yourself and with people always do everything on time. Never give up, go to your goals, even if all the bad. In this life, all really, you only need to do. The more I talk to people, the more I am convinced that in general they have one goal - to become the richest dead in the cemetery.

Ambition's debt is paid.

We shall have no better conditions in the future if we are satisfied with all those which we have at present.

Work while others are wishing.

The only time I really become discouraged is when I think of all the things I would like to do and the little time I have in which to do them.

Success is based on imagination plus ambition and the will to work.

See for the highest, aim at that highest, and you shall reach the highest.

The whole life is a succession of dreams. My ambition is to be a conscious dreamer, that is all.

Our goal is to make the best devices in the world, not to be the biggest.

We believe people with passion can change the world for the better. That's what we believe. And we believe that those people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones that actually do.

I want to make a dent in the universe.

Every man is said to have his peculiar ambition. ... that of being truly esteemed of my fellow‑men.

Start small, think big. Don't worry about too many things at once. Take a handful of simple things to begin with, and then progress to more complex ones. Think about not just tomorrow, but the future. Put a ding in the universe.

Being the richest man in the cemetery doesn't matter to me ... Going to bed at night saying we've done something wonderful... that's what matters to me.

Do you want to spend the rest of your life selling sugared water or do you want a chance to change the world?

When Paul Allen and I started Microsoft over 30 years ago, we had big dreams about software. We had dreams about the impact it could have.

Over the years, I had nurtured the hope to be able to fly; to handle a machine as it rose higher and higher in the stratosphere was my dearest dream.

I have an irrepressible desire to live till I can be assured that the world is a little better for my having lived in it.