Ambition Quotes

"I can't relate to lazy people. We don't speak the same language. I don't understand you. I don't want to understand you."

- Kobe Bryant

"I love going one-on-one with someone. That's what I do. I've never lost. It's a whole different game, just to have them right in front of you and be able to do whatever you want."

- Kobe Bryant

"I like playing for the purple and gold. This is where I want to finish up."

- Kobe Bryant

"You don't want to jump into something if you're not passionate about it."

- Kobe Bryant

"A lot of people say they want to be great, but they’re not willing to make the sacrifices necessary to achieve greatness. They have other concerns, whether important or not, and they spread themselves out. That’s totally fine. After all, greatness is not for everybody."

- Kobe Bryant

"If you really want to be great at something you have to truly care about it. If you want to be great in a particular area, you have to obsess over it."

- Kobe Bryant

"From the beginning, I wanted to be the best. I had a constant craving, a yearning, to improve and be the best. I never needed any external forces to motivate me."

- Kobe Bryant

"When I was in college, I wanted to be involved in things that would change the world."

- Elon Musk

"We are America, second to none, and we own the finish line. Don't forget it."

- Joe Biden

"The people who are crazy enough to think that they can change the world are the ones who do."

- Steve Jobs

"Don’t be afraid to be an idealist."

- Maria Popova

"The ones who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones that do."

- Steve Jobs

"Have conviction. It makes you irresistible."

- Preethi Kasireddy

"The world is a very malleable place. If you know what you want, and you go for it with maximum energy and drive and passion, the world will often reconfigure itself around you much more quickly and easily than you would think."

- Marc Andreessen

"The world is kind to young people who are driven and curious."

- David Perell

"My ambition was to live like music."

- Mary Gaitskill

"Some men see things as they are and say why—I dream things that never were and say why not."

- George Bernard Shaw

"An idea that is not dangerous is unworthy of being called an idea at all."

- Oscar Wilde

"You have to be burning with an idea, or a problem, or a wrong that you want to right."

- Steve Jobs

"I would rather be ashes than dust!"

- Jack London

""To be a star, you must shine your own light.""

- Napoleon Hill

""The people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones who do.""

- Steve Jobs

"A winner is a dreamer who never gave up."

- Nelson Mandela

"Never give up on what you really want to do. The person with big dreams is more powerful than one with all the facts."

- Albert Einstein

"We can always kind of be average and do what's normal. I'm not in this to do what's normal."

"Don’t waste your life trying to live someone else’s."

"Change the world."

- Unknown

"Think Bigger"

"Greatness is built on the words, 'I can try.'"

"True heroes work hard to make their dreams a reality."