Many yearn for success, but often do not have specific ambition. It is not enough to desire success. You must have a target that you want to achieve. Each ambition quote on this page reminds us of the need to have a goal that we can walk towards.
Andrew Carnegie
There is no use whatever trying to help people who do not help themselves. You cannot push anyone up a ladder unless he be willing to climb himself.


Scott Reed
This one step - choosing a goal and sticking to it - changes everything.

Kahlil Gibran
To understand the heart and mind of a person, look not at what he has already achieved, but at what he aspires to.

Alex Karras
Toughness is in the soul and spirit, not in muscles.

Ralph Waldo Emerson
We aim above the mark to hit the mark.

Hannibal
We will either find a way, or make one.

Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton
What mankind wants is not talent; it is purpose.

Nido Qubein
When a goal matters enough to a person, that person will find a way to accomplish what at first seemed impossible.

Lucius Annaeus Seneca
When a man does not know what harbor he is making for, no wind is the right wind.

Ralph Half
When ability exceeds ambition, or ambition exceeds ability, the likelihood of success is limited.