Ambition Quotes

"Always go with your passions. Never ask yourself if it’s realistic or not."

- Deepak Chopra

"How dare you settle for less when the world made it so easy for you to be remarkable?"

- Seth Godin

"It’s always better to shock people and change people’s expectations than to give them exactly what they think you can do."

- Jonah Hill

"I’m sick of following my dreams, man. I’m just going to ask where they’re going and hook up with ’em later."

- Mitch Hedberg

"A bank is a place that will lend you money if you can prove that you don’t need it."

- Bob Hope

"Those who leave the biggest footprints... have thousands calling after them, ‘Good idea, but you went too far!’"

- James C. Collins

"Few people attain great lives, in large part because it is just so easy to settle for a good life."

- James C. Collins

"It is your Work in life that is the ultimate seduction."

- James C. Collins

"Whatever you’re thinking, think bigger."

- Tony Hsieh

"Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma – which is living with the results of other people’s thinking. Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary."

- Steve Jobs

"When I was younger, there was something in me. I had passion. I may not have known what I was going to do with that passion, but there was something and I still feel it. It’s this little engine that roars inside of me, and I just want to keep going and going."

- Sheila Johnson

"Build something you’re passionate about. As an entrepreneur, you have to have the passion and drive to stay the course."

- Alexandra Chong

"If you’re starting something on your own, you better have a passion for it, because this is hard work."

- Sallie Krawcheck

"If you want to be an entrepreneur, it’s not a job. It’s a lifestyle. It defines you. Forget about vacations, about going home at 6 p.m. – last thing at night you’ll send emails, first thing in the morning you’ll read emails, and you wake up in the middle of the night. But it’s hugely rewarding as you’re fulfilling something for yourself."

- Niklas Zennstrom

"If you start thinking you are good at something, that's often the day you stop trying to be better and open the back door for someone to come after you. That's why we always aim higher. We never feel like we're done."

- Drew Houston

"I had to make my own living and my own opportunity! But I made it! Don’t sit down and wait for the opportunities to come. Get up and make them!"

- Madam C.J. Walker

"The man with a new idea is a crank until the idea succeeds."

- Mark Twain

"Entrepreneurship is the last refuge of the trouble-making individual."

- Natalie Clifford Barney

"I dream, I test my dreams against my beliefs, I dare to take risks, and I execute my vision to make those dreams come true."

- Walt Disney

"Don’t start a business unless it’s an obsession and something you love. If you have an exit strategy, it’s not an obsession."

- Mark Cuban

"I think it is often easier to make progress on mega-ambitious dreams. Since no one else is crazy enough to do it, you have little competition."

- Larry Page

"I think after overcoming breast cancer, you sort of become fearless and somehow going up to your boss to talk about a possible promotion doesn’t seem like such a daunting task anymore."

- Hoda Kotb

"Let November be the month you go after everything you want."

"I have to be successful because I like expensive things."

"May your birthday ignite the spark of ambition and determination in you. Happy Birthday!"

"Another year, another adventure. May it be extraordinary. Happy birthday!"

"Cheers to the journey ahead, filled with new adventures, milestones, and boundless inspiration."

"High expectations are the key to everything."

"Being a police officer is a calling, not just a job."

"Entrepreneurship is living a few years of your life like most people won't, so that you can spend the rest of your life like most people can't."