Being realistic is the quickest path to mediocrity.

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""Being realistic is the most commonly traveled road to mediocrity.""

- Will Smith

Ambition

"Money and success don’t change people; they merely amplify what is already there."

- Will Smith

Success

"Throughout life people will make you mad, disrespect you and treat you bad. Let God deal with the things they do, cause hate in your heart will consume you too."

- Will Smith

Courage

"The only time success comes before work is in the dictionary."

- Will Smith

Hard Work

""The first step is you have to say that you can.""

- Will Smith

Belief in Self

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"What a wonderful time to be young! You have knowledge of many more things than we needed to have. It is my conviction that your generation is better and stronger than was ours — better in many ways! I have faith that you young men and young women can meet the world on its own terms and conquer it!"

- President Boyd K. Packer

Ambition

"Stay away from those people who try to disparage your ambitions. Small minds will always do that, but great minds will give you a feeling that you can become great too."

- Mark Twain

Ambition

"Don’t bunt. Aim out of the ballpark. Aim for the company of immortals."

- David Ogilvy

Ambition

"No one changes the world who isn’t obsessed."

- Billie Jean King

Ambition

"Some people want it to happen, some wish it would happen, others make it happen."

- Michael Jordan

Ambition