The difference between greed and ambition is a greedy person desires things he isn't prepared to work for.
Habeeb AkandeTag: motivational life inspirational goals success work ambition determination greed desire work-ethic objective
He believed in himself, believed in his quixotic ambition, letting the failures of the previous day disappear as each new day dawned. Yesterday was not today. The past did not predict the future if he could learn from his mistakes.
Daniel WallaceTag: past persistence perspective ambition hope mistakes failure new-day quixotic
To write poetry and to commit suicide, apparently so contradictory, had really been the same, attempts at escape. And my feelings, at the end of that wretched term, were those of a man who knows he's in a cage, exposed to the jeers of all his old ambitions until he dies.
John FowlesThe real achievers are those who, in the dreary pit of sacrifice, still smile up at the goal.
Richelle E. GoodrichTag: goals ambition sacrifice accomplishments aims richelle struggles richelle-goodrich achievers
High and holy ambition--to be a saint--is not opposed to holy humility--total reliance on God's grace. Exactly the opposite. Ambition without humility is ambition that fails. It is pride, which goes before a fall (Prov 16:18). Humility without ambition is false humility.
Peter KreeftTag: ambition grace prayer humilty trust-in-god
I had the privilege of being able to choose, or at least have the opportunity to work at, being anything but an actor.
Benedict CumberbatchTag: work ambition opportunity privilege acting actor choose
I've been very lucky at what's happened in my career to date, but playing something as far from me as possible is an ambition of mine - anything from a mutated baddy in a comic book action thriller, to a detective. If anything, I'd like Gary Oldman's career: he's the perfect example of it. I've love to have a really broad sweep of characters - to be able to do something edgy, surprising and unfashionable.
Benedict CumberbatchTag: ambition acting surprise career gary-oldman
Those who seize the day become seriously rich.
Richard KochTag: ambition creativity motivation productivity
Knowing the path through the forest doesn't make the trip any less daunting. Knowing the steps to your dreams doesn't make the climb any less of a challenge.
Richelle E. GoodrichTag: goals journey ambition dreams challenges aim mission richelle richelle-goodrich
It may be that you will be happiest in the rat race; perhaps, like me, you are basically a rat.
Richard KochTag: work ambition motivation productivity hard-work career
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