101 Famous Quotes That Has Been Famous Throughout the Years about Ambition and Success

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1. You have to leave the city of your comfort and go into the wilderness of your intuition. What you’ll discover will be wonderful. What you’ll discover will be yourself. – Alan Alda

2. Watch the sunrise at least once a year, put a lot of marshmallows in your hot chocolate, lie on your back and look at the stars, never buy a coffee table you can’t put your feet on, never pass up a chance to jump on a trampoline, don’t overlook life’s small joys while searching for the big ones. – Jackson Brown

3. Great minds have purposes, others have wishes – Washington Irving

4. Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great. – Mark Twain

5. Never look down to test the ground before taking your next step; only he who keeps his eye fixed on the far horizon will find the right road. – Dag Hammarskjold

6. In any situation, the best thing you can do is the right thing; the next best thing you can do is the wrong thing; the worst thing you can do is nothing. – Theodore Roosevelt

7. Faith is daring to put your dream to the test. It is better to try to do something and fail than to try to do nothing and succeed. – Robert Schuller

8. Take a method and try it. If it fails, admit it frankly, and try another. But by all means, try something. – Franklin Roosevelt

9. Those who do most, dream most

10. Don’t just think about the things you have done, think about the things you haven’t done but you want to do!

11. Ambition beats genius 99% of the time – Jay Leno

12. It is a grand thing to rise in the world. The ambition to do so is the very salt of the earth. It is the parent of all enterprise, and the cause of all improvement. – Anthony Trollope

13. You live longer once you realize that any time spent being unhappy is wasted. – Ruth E. Renkl

14. Goals give you more than a reason to get up in the morning; they are an incentive to keep you going all day. Goals tend to tap the deeper resources and draw the best out of life. – Harvey Mackay

15. Live with intention. Walk to the edge. Listen hard. Practice wellness. Play with abandon. Laugh. Choose with no regret. Appreciate your friends. Continue to learn. Do what you love. Live as if this is all there is. – Mary Anner Radmacher

16. Far away there in the sunshine are my highest aspirations. I may not reach them, but I can look up and see their beauty, believe in them, and try to follow where they lead. – Louisa Marie Alcott

17. Aim for the moon, even if you miss you will land among the stars

18. Intelligence without ambition is like a bird without wings – Salvador Dali

19. I’ve got a great ambition to die of exhaustion rather than boredom. – Thomas Carlyle

20. Moderation is the feebleness and sloth of the soul, whereas ambition is the warmth and activity of it. – Francois de la Rochefoucauld

21. Ambition is the path to success. Persistence is the vehicle you arrive in.

22. Wake up, dream, have the ambition to do the things you have always dreamed of, go farther than any man has ever been before, go as far as it is possible for any man to go, what have you got to lose?

23. Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude. – Thomas Jefferson

24. A Man’s worth is not more than the worth of his ambitions

25. He only earns his freedom and his life Who takes them every day by storm. – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

26. Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it. – Henry David Thoreau

27. If you set your goals ridiculously high and it’s a failure, you will fail above everyone else’s success. – James Cameron

28. Success means doing the best we can with what we have. Success is the doing, not the getting; in the trying, not the triumph. Success is a personal standard, reaching for the highest that is in us, becoming all that we can be. – Zig Ziglar

29. Entrepreneurs average 3.8 failures before final success. What sets the successful ones apart is their amazing persistence. – Lisa M. Amos

30. Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful. – Herman Cain

31. Take up one idea. Make that one idea your life–think of it, dream of it, live on that idea. Let the brain, muscles, nerves, every part of your body, be full of that idea, and just leave every other idea alone. This is the way to success. – Swami Vivekananda.

32. All our dreams can come true if we have the courage to pursue them. – Walt Disney

33. Success is simple. Do what’s right, the right way, at the right time. – Arnold H. Glasgow

34. Do not be embarrassed by your failures, learn from them and start again. – Richard Branson

35. Success is walking from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm. – Winston Churchill

36. Action is the foundational key to all success. – Pablo Picasso

37. Opportunities don’t happen. You create them. – Chris Grosser

38. You’ve got to get up every morning with determination if you’re going to go to bed with satisfaction. – George Lorimer

39. I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work. – Thomas Edison

40. Success is not measured by what you accomplish, but by the opposition you have encountered, and the courage with which you have maintained the struggle against overwhelming odds. – Orison Swett Marden

41. The whole secret of a successful life is to find out what is one’s destiny to do, and then do it. –Henry Ford

42. I attribute my success to this: I never gave or took any excuse. – Florence Nightingale

43. There are two types of people who will tell you that you cannot make a difference in this world: those who are afraid to try and those who are afraid you will succeed. – Ray Goforth

44. You have to learn the rules of the game. And then you have to play better than anyone else. – Albert Einstein

45. Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can. – Arthur Ashe

46. Don’t let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do. – John R. Wooden

47. The starting point of all achievement is desire. – Napoleon Hill

48. Keep on going, and the chances are that you will stumble on something, perhaps when you are least expecting it. I never heard of anyone ever stumbling on something sitting down. – Charles F. Kettering

49. Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day-in and day-out. – Robert Collier

50. Success means having the courage, the determination, and the will to become the person you believe you were meant to be. – George Sheehan

51. All progress takes place outside the comfort zone. – Michael John Bobak

52. Never limit yourself because of others’ limited imagination; never limit others because of your own limited imagination. – Mae Jemison

53. Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover. – Mark Twain

54. The secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes. – Benjamin Disraeli

55. If you want to make a permanent change, stop focusing on the size of your problems and start focusing on the size of you! – T. Harv Eker

56. After every difficulty, ask yourself two questions: “What did I do right?” and “What would I do differently? – Brian Tracy

57. Successful people do what unsuccessful people are not willing to do. Don’t wish it were easier; wish you were better. – Jim Rohn

58. Life’s real failure is when you do not realize how close you were to success when you gave up. – Unknown

59. In my experience, there is only one motivation, and that is desire. No reasons or principle contain it or stand against it. – Jane Smiley

60. Be miserable. Or motivate yourself. Whatever has to be done, it’s always your choice. – Wayne Dyer

61. Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going. – Jim Ryun

62. The first step toward success is taken when you refuse to be a captive of the environment in which you first find yourself. – Mark Caine

63. To be successful you must accept all challenges that come your way. You can’t just accept the ones you like. – Mike Gafka

64. For success, attitude is equally as important as ability. – Harry F. Banks

65. Be patient with yourself. Self-growth is tender; it’s holy ground. There’s no greater investment. –Stephen Covey

66. Nothing in the world can take the place of perseverance. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful people with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost legendary. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Perseverance and determination alone are omnipotent. – Calvin Coolidge

67. Always bear in mind that your own resolution to success is more important than any other one thing. – Abraham Lincoln

68. People who succeed have momentum. The more they succeed, the more they want to succeed, and the more they find a way to succeed. Similarly, when someone is failing, the tendency is to get on a downward spiral that can even become a self-fulfilling prophecy. – Tony Robbins

69. Successful and unsuccessful people do not vary greatly in their abilities. They vary in their desires to reach their potential. – John Maxwell

70. Success seems to be connected with action. Successful people keep moving. They make mistakes, but they don’t quit. – Conrad Hilton

71. Would you like me to give you a formula for success? It’s quite simple, really: Double your rate of failure. You are thinking of failure as the enemy of success. But it isn’t at all. You can be discouraged by failure or you can learn from it, so go ahead and make mistakes. Make all you can. Because remember that’s where you will find success. – Thomas J. Watson

72. 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

73. Success is just a war of attrition. Sure, there’s an element of talent you should probably possess. But if you just stick around long enough, eventually something is going to happen. – Dax Shepard

74. Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great. – Mark Twain

75. Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom. – George S. Patton

76. If You Are Working on Something That You Really Care About, You Don’t Have To Be Pushed. The Vision Pulls You. – Steve Jobs

77. Don’t wait until everything is just right. It will never be perfect. There will always be challenges, obstacles and less than perfect conditions. So what. Get started now. With each step you take, you will grow stronger and stronger, more and more skilled, more and more self-confident and more and more successful. – Mark Victor Hansen

78. Thinking should become your capital asset, no matter whatever ups and downs you come across in your life. – Dr. APJ Kalam

79. Before anything else, preparation is the key to success. – Alexander Graham Bell

80. If you want to achieve excellence, you can get there today. As of this second, quit doing less-than-excellent work. – Thomas J. Watson

81. Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world. – Harriet Tubman

82. People often say that motivation doesn’t last. Well, neither does bathing – that’s why we recommend it daily. – Zig Ziglar

83. Don’t let the fear of losing be greater than the excitement of winning. – Robert Kiyosaki

84. Success is liking yourself, liking what you do, and liking how you do it. – Maya Angelou

85. Success is focusing the full power of all you are on what you have a burning desire to achieve. – Wilfred Peterson

86. Develop success from failures. Discouragement and failure are two of the surest stepping stones to success. – Dale Carnegie

87. Success comes in cans; failure in can’ts. – Unknown

88. Success does not consist in never making mistakes but in never making the same one a second time. – George Bernard Shaw

89. Patience, persistence and perspiration make an unbeatable combination for success. – Napoleon Hill

90. You must expect great things of yourself before you can do them. – Michael Jordan

91. Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts. – Winston Churchill

92. There is no chance, no destiny, no fate, that can hinder or control the firm resolve of a determined soul. – Ella Wheeler Wilcox

93. You don’t have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step. – Martin Luther King, Jr.

94. Success is…knowing your purpose in life, growing to reach your maximum potential, and sowing seeds that benefit others. – John C. Maxwell

95. To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream, not only plan, but also believe. – Anatole France

96. A man can be as great as he wants to be. If you believe in yourself and have the courage, the determination, the dedication, the competitive drive and if you are willing to sacrifice the little things in life and pay the price for the things that are worthwhile, it can be done. – Vince Lombardi

97. Whatever the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve. – Napoleon Hill

98. The only thing that stands between you and your dream is the will to try and the belief that it is actually possible. – Joel Brown

99. In order to succeed, your desire for success should be greater than your fear of failure. – Bill Cosby

100. Fall seven times and stand up eight. – Japanese Proverb

101. Forget all the reasons it won’t work and believe the one reason that it will. – Unknown