It is for us to pray not for tasks equal to our powers, but for powers equal to our tasks, to go forward with a great desire forever beating at the door of our hearts as we travel toward our distant goal.
Helen KellerYou see, idealism detached from action is just a dream. But idealism allied with pragmatism, with rolling up your sleeves and making the world bend a bit, is very exciting. It’s very real. It’s very strong.
BonoOur words have wings, but fly not where we would.
George EliotReduce your plan to writing. The moment you complete this, you will have definitely given concrete form to the intangible desire.
Napoleon HillI had rather be first in a village than second at Rome.
Julius CaesarAs a child, when asked what I would be, I usually said I was going to be a huntsman. A fine profession, truly!
Charles SpurgeonI’m not as goal obsessed as I am process obsessed.
Lady GagaThere is one quality which one must possess to win, and that is definiteness of purpose, the knowledge of what one wants, and a burning desire to possess it.
Napoleon HillI am a lucky man. I have had a dream and it has come true, and that is not a thing that happens often to men.
Edmund HillaryI am a walking piece of art every day, with my dreams and my ambitions forward at all times in an effort to inspire my fans to lead their life in that way.
Lady GagaI’ve only wanted paper and beautiful colors. It was my dream, and it still is my dream. And books. They’re all I need, and the rest I can do without.
Karl LagerfeldA mission statement is not something you write overnight… But fundamentally, your mission statement becomes your constitution, the solid expression of your vision and values. It becomes the criterion by which you measure everything else in your life.
Stephen CoveyI am an over-achiever, and I want to be known for the good things in my life.
Taylor SwiftThere are 309 million people out there that are trying to improve their lot in life. And we’ve got a system that allows them to do it.
Warren BuffettI’m trying to get to Mars before everyone else.
The WeekndA president has an inescapable responsibility to provide direction: What are we trying to achieve? What are we trying to prevent? Why? To do that, he has to both analyze and reflect.
Henry KissingerAt the beginning of the 20th century, the ambition of the great painters was to make paintings that were like music, which was then considered as the noblest art.
Brian EnoWhat? You seek something? You wish to multiply yourself tenfold, a hundredfold? You seek followers? Seek zeros!
Friedrich NietzscheI always entertain great hopes.
Robert FrostCreate a ladder of values and priorities in your life, reminding yourself of what really matters to you.
Robert GreeneI don’t like Los Angeles. The people are awful and terribly shallow, and everybody wants to be famous but nobody wants to play the game. I’m from New York. I will kill to get what I need.
Lady GagaYou can become an even more excellent person by constantly setting higher and higher standards for yourself and then by doing everything possible to live up to those standards.
Brian TracyThe aim of the wise is not to secure pleasure, but to avoid pain.
AristotleThe goal of Tesla is to accelerate sustainable energy, so we’re going to take a step back and think about what’s most likely to achieve that goal.
Elon MuskThe dreams and passions stored within hearts are powerful keys which can unlock a wealth of potential.
John C. MaxwellYou can’t build a reputation on what you are going to do.
Henry FordThat which is given with pride and ostentation is rather an ambition than a bounty.
Lucius Annaeus SenecaThink of yourself as on the threshold of unparalleled success. A whole, clear, glorious life lies before you. Achieve! Achieve!
Andrew CarnegieI knew I was a winner back in the late sixties. I knew I was destined for great things. People will say that kind of thinking is totally immodest. I agree. Modesty is not a word that applies to me in any way – I hope it never will.
Arnold SchwarzeneggerIt’s really easy to have a nice philosophy about openness, but moving the world in that direction is a different thing. It requires both understanding where you want to go and being pragmatic about getting there.
Mark ZuckerbergThose who are believed to be most abject and humble are usually most ambitious and envious.
Baruch SpinozaA goal is a dream with a deadline.
Napoleon HillSuccess usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it.
Henry David ThoreauWhen 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.
Bill GatesAmong all kinds of Writing, there is none in which Authors are more apt to miscarry than in Works of Humour, as there is none in which they are more ambitious to excel.
Joseph AddisonIn my heart, I’m confident I could make a good president.
Joe BidenOnce I’ve decided to do something, I do usually try to carry it through to fruition.
Edmund HillaryI always dreamt of holding the bat and winning games for India. That was my inspiration to take up cricket.
Virat KohliAmbition can creep as well as soar.
Edmund BurkeMy ultimate goal is to end up being happy. Most of the time.
Taylor SwiftBefore finding music, I didn’t have too many aspirations. I wanted to hang out, make a little money from whatever I had to do.
Kendrick LamarIf you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them.
Henry David ThoreauWomen have to summon up courage to fulfill dormant dreams.
Alice WalkerRevenge, lust, ambition, pride, and self-will are too often exalted as the gods of man’s idolatry; while holiness, peace, contentment, and humility are viewed as unworthy of a serious thought.
Charles SpurgeonAll our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them.
Walt DisneyI’m chasing perfection.
Kobe BryantIntelligence without ambition is a bird without wings.
Salvador DaliYou have to dream before your dreams can come true.
A. P. J. Abdul KalamI’m not an ambitious person, there is no ambition in my life. I have a mission in my life. And my mission is to serve my country. And when I am working for my state, it means I am working for my country, or my nation.
Narendra ModiA noble man compares and estimates himself by an idea which is higher than himself; and a mean man, by one lower than himself. The one produces aspiration; the other ambition, which is the way in which a vulgar man aspires.
Marcus AureliusAll my life, I’ve been trying to make a hole-in-one. The closest I’ve come is a bogey.
Lou HoltzThe same ambition can destroy or save, and make a patriot as it makes a knave.
Alexander PopeIf you can’t read, it’s going to be hard to realize dreams.
Booker T. WashingtonDo not be in a hurry to succeed. What would you have to live for afterwards? Better make the horizon your goal; it will always be ahead of you.
William Makepeace ThackeraySome slaves are scoured to their work by whips, others by their restlessness and ambition.
John RuskinTruth is what works.
William JamesI don’t want to achieve immortality through my work. I want to achieve it through not dying.
Woody AllenI just enjoy it, I am living a life that I never even dreamt of.
Sunil ChhetriDon’t talk about what you have done or what you are going to do.
Thomas JeffersonI know that I always wanted things. I was always proud of my people, proud of my home, but I always wanted more. I think most people do.
Dolly Parton