Quotes on Goals And Ambitions

We can each define ambition and progress for ourselves. The goal is to work toward a world where expectations are not set by the stereotypes that hold us back, but by our personal passion, talents and interests.

Between the great things we cannot do and the small things we will not do, the danger is that we shall do nothing.

As long as I have a want, I have a reason for living. Satisfaction is death.

Part of the issue of achievement is to be able to set realistic goals, but that's one of the hardest things to do because you don't always know exactly where you're going, and you shouldn't.

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.

One half of knowing what you want is knowing what you must give up before you get it.

The world is moving so fast these days that the man who says it can't be done is generally interrupted by someone doing it.

If you would hit the mark, you must aim a little above it.

Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal.

I love deadlines. I like the whooshing noise they make as they go by.

The desire to reach for the stars is ambitious. The desire to reach hearts is wise.

An average person with average talents and ambition and average education, can outstrip the most brilliant genius in our society, if that person has clear, focused goals.

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

If you don't know where you are currently standing, you're dead.

Most people would succeed in small things if they were not troubled with great ambitions.

People with clear, written goals, accomplish far more in a shorter period of time than people without them could ever imagine.

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.

Ah, but a man's reach should exceed his grasp, Or what's a heaven for?