All Quotes By Tag: Ambition
“Getting drunk with success and sick with ambition only leads to one route; destruction!”
“The greatest musicians never cared to be rock stars. They just wanted to play. The greatest actors never cared to be movie stars; they just loved their craft. The greatest artists painted on canvas to fill their own hearts. It’s how we truly feel about things in life that will determine our success.”
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“I feel even more incapable of returning to Russia the same as when I left it. It’s just one more of those legends in Russia, confirmed by Passek, Sleptsov and others, that one only has to come to the Caucasus to be showered with decorations. Everyone expects it of us, demands it of us. But I’ve been here two years, taken part in two expeditions and received nothing. For all that, I’ve so much pride that I won’t leave this place until I’m a major, with an Anna or a Vladimir round my neck. I’ve reached the point where it really rankles when some Gnilokishkin is decorated and I’m not. What’s more, how could I look my elder in the face again, or merchant Kotel’nikov to whom I sell grain, or my aunt in Moscow and all those fine gentlemen in Russia, if I return after two years in the Caucasus with nothing to show for it? No, I don’t want to know those gentlemen and I’m sure that they couldn’t care less about me. But such is man’s nature that though I couldn’t give a damn about them they’re the reason why I’m ruining the best years of my life, my happiness and whole future.”
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“A truly successful person is not one who achieves his highest ambitions, but one who enjoys helping others reach theirs.”
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“Successful people who don’t know what to do with their recent success get quickly bored with it.”
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“Initially, inspiration can come from anywhere but to sustain inspiration one must take actions immediately before it fades away.”
“People always tell me, Do your best. But I’d rather goof off.”
“Do what you have to do… before you do what you want to do.”
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“After some point, working harder makes achieving the goal harder or even impossible.”
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“Never mind, you know the word must; with that word one does many things.”
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“Adopt as your ambition the creation of a world in which those who work against you see the light and wake up and succeed, so that the better at which you are aiming can encompass them, too.”
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“Blind ambition will either lead to an open elevator shaft or a broom closet.”
“What do they teach your little girl in school? To be truthful and ambitious. Show me one man who is happy without breaking a few rules, without feeding the misery of a few others. If you can flaunt your success, your immoral acts become inconsequential.”
“Success reveals how little ambition is worth.”