The foundation of all achievement is ambition. It’s the driving force by which all big dreams, great accomplishments, and significant progress has been made. And those who possess it have the world at their fingertips.
With that said, if you’re in search of a few powerful words to help you fire up your desire and determination to achieve those worthwhile goals of yours, then you’ll appreciate this collection of ambition quotes.
Give them a read, and let them reignite within you that indomitable spirit that can achieve the impossible, your ambition.
Ambition Quotes to Help You Achieve The Impossible
1. “Your ambition is predicated on your action, not your words.” – Gary Vaynerchuk
2. “Keep away from those who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the rally great make you believe that you too can be great.” – Mark Twain
3. “Criticism is the price of ambition.” – Robin Sharma
4. “Doubts, fears, and other people’s rules are no match for a heart on a mission.” – Jen Sincero
5. “Ambition is the great fire, it’s the liberator of the unconscious person. No goal, no growth; no clarity, no change.” – Brendon Burchard
6. “Big results require big ambitions.” – Heraclitus
7. “To feel ambition and to act upon it is to embrace the unique calling of our souls. Not to act upon that ambition is to turn our backs on ourselves and on the reason for our existence.” – Steven Pressfield
8. “Great ambition is the passion of a great character. Those endowed with it may perform very good or very bad acts. All depends on the principals which direct them.” – Napoleon Bonaparte
9. “Don’t be afraid to be ambitious about your goals. Hard work never stops. Neither should your dreams.” – Dwayne Johnson
10. “Ambition is beautiful.” – Marie Forleo
11. “The desire to reach for the stars is ambitious. The desire to reach hearts is wise.” – Maya Angelou
12. “The best is the enemy of good.” – Voltaire
13. “Don’t you dare let their laughter extinguish your ambition.” – J.K. Rowling
14. “Never let inexperience get in the way of ambition.” – Ambition Quote
15. “Ambition is at the very core of success and extraordinary achievement. Unlike greed, it’s a powerful, creative and constructive force.” – Jim Rohn
16. “Ambition is the first step to success. The second step is action.” – Mel Robbins
17. “Ambition is more than mere desire. It is desire plus incentive — determination — will to achieve the desire.” – Herbert Armstrong
18. “The ambitious are criticized by those that have given up.” – Grant Cardone
19. “A person with average talent, ambition and education, can outstrip a genius in society, if that person has focused goals.” – Brian Tracy
20. “A man’s worth is no greater than his ambitions.” – Marcus Aurelius
21. “At least eighty percent of millionaires are self-made. That is, they started with nothing but ambition and energy, the same way most of us start.” – Brian Tracy
22. “Ambition is the path to success, persistence is the vehicle you arrive in.” – Bill Bradley
23. “The starting point of all achievement is desire.” – Napoleon Hill
24. “A young man without ambition is an old man waiting to be.” – Steve Burst
25. The more intensely we feel about an idea or a goal, the more assuredly the idea, buried deep in our subconscious, will direct us along the path to its fulfillment.” – Earl Nightingale
26. “Ambition is priceless. It’s something that’s in your veins.” – Rick Ross
27. “Ambition is the last refuge of the failure.” – Oscar Wilde
28. “The difference between greed and ambition is a greedy person desires things he isn’t prepared to work for.” – Habeeb Akande
29. “Even if your ambitions are huge, start slow, build gradually, build smart.” – Gary Vaynerchuk
30. “Intelligence without ambition is a bird without wings.” – Salvador Dali
31. “When your ambition is greater than your fear, your life will get bigger than your dream.” – Farshad Asl
32. “Progress not perfection is the only way to bridge the gap between your ability and your ambition.” – Marie Forleo
33. “The man who starts out simply with the idea of getting rich won’t succeed, you must have a larger ambition.” – John D. Rockefeller
34. “Life takes on meaning when you become motivated, set goals and charge after them in an unstoppable manner.” – Les Brown
35. “Realistic goals, goals restricted to the average ambition level, are uninspiring and will only fuel you through the first or second problem, at which point you throw in the towel. If the potential payoff is mediocre or average, so is your effort.” – Tim Ferriss
36. “Greatness belongs to those who have mastered the ability to focus relentlessly on their ambitions and act decisively toward them.” – Brendon Burchard
37. “Without ambition one starts nothing. Without work one finishes nothing. The prize will not be sent to you. You have to win it.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
38. “Even if you fail in doing something ambitious, you usually succeed in doing something important.” – Peter H. Diamandis
39. “You are not given a dream, unless you have the capacity to fulfill it.” – Jack Canfield
40. “Ambition beats genius 99 percent of the time.” – Jay Leno
41. “A man without ambition is like a beautiful worm–it can creep, but it cannot fly.” – Henry Ward Beecher
42. “If all you have is ambition, you’re an empty dreamer. If you have Drive AND Ambition, then you’ll be able to make something out of nothing.” – Tom Bilyeu
43. “You are the average of the five people you associate with most, so do not underestimate the effects of your pessimistic, unambitious, or disorganized friends. If someone isn’t making you stronger, they’re making you weaker.” – Tim Ferriss”
44. “Never lower your target. Increase your actions.” – Grant Cardone
45. “Our ambition should be to rule ourselves, the true kingdom for each one of us; and true progress is to know more, and be more, and to do more.” – Oscar Wilde
46. “Ambition is enthusiasm with a purpose” – Frank Tyger
47. “The very substance of the ambitious is merely the shadow of a dream.” – William Shakespeare
48. “I am always motivated. I am ambitious and I want to always improve.” – Cristiano Ronaldo
49. “Ambition is the germ from which all growth of nobleness proceeds.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
50. “Ambition without action is fantasy.” – Bryant McGill
51. “Everyone has a dream, but the ambitious have a plan.” – The STRIVE
52. “Super-ambitious goals tend to be unifying and energizing to people; but only if they believe there’s a chance of success.” – Peter H. Diamandis
53. “If you can’t figure out your purpose, figure out your passion. For your passion will lead you right into your purpose.” – T.D. Jakes
54. “Ambition is refusing to quite on ourselves. Leadership is refusing to quit on others.” – Simon Sinek
55. “Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss it you will land among the stars.” – Les Brown
56. “A lot of people say they want to be great, but they’re not willing to make the sacrifices necessary to achieve greatness.” – Kobe Bryant
57. “I think the most unhappy people on earth are people that dream and never execute. Don’t let that be you.” – Tom Bilyeu
58. “Ambition is believing in yourself even when no one else in the world does.” – Anonymous
59. “Ambition is not the a vice of little people.” – Michel De Montaigne
60. “Comfort kills ambition.” – Robert Kiyosaki
61. “The hand cannot reach higher than does the heart.” – Orison Swett Marden
62. “Let others build a cave with their clay. I will build a castle with mine.” – Og Mandino
63. “Champions aren’t made in the gyms, champions are made from something they have deep inside them — a desire, a dream, a vision. They have to have the skill and the will. But the will must be stronger than the skill.” – Muhammad Ali
64. “Ambition is a dream with a V8 engine.” – Elvis Presley
65. “Always bear in mind that your own resolution to success is more important than any other one thing.” – Abraham Lincoln
66. “We cannot do everything at once, but we can do something at once.” – Calvin Coolidge
67. “I believe success is achieved by ordinary people with extraordinary determination.” – Zig Ziglar
68. “If the leader is filled with high ambition and if he pursues his aims with audacity and strength of will, he will reach them in spite of all obstacles.” – Carl von Clausewitz
69. “The one common denominator of all successful people is their hunger to push through their fears.” – Tony Robbins
70. “Hunger is the only differentiation in people; it’s not talent.” – Tony Robbins
71. “If you really want to do something, you will find a way. If you don’t, you’ll find an excuse.” – Jim Rohn
72. “Be ambitious and passionate about what you are doing and success will find you.” – Steve Jobs
73. “Become so curious and obsessed with one thing that you forget everything else. Follow it, drink it, dive deep in it, master it. Remarkable results need remarkable actions.” – Maxime Lagacé
74. “I’ve got a great ambition to die of exhaustion rather than of boredom.” – Thomas Carlyle
75. “There is one weakness in people for which there is no remedy. It is the universal weakness of lack of ambition.” – Napoleon Hill
Bonus Quote on Ambition
Bonus: Here’s our last and favorite quote out of all the other ambition quotes. This quote doesn’t mention the word ambition, but it does speak to the fulfillment of our potential With that said, we hope it inspires you to embrace your ambitions and aim for the highest. Enjoy!
“What One Can Be, One Must Be!”
– abraham maslow –
Final Thoughts
There you have it, 75+ ambition quotes to help you reignite that unique calling that only your soul can recognize. May they inspire you to dig deep and find that desire, determination, and magical drive that will help you realize the vision (not the idle wish) of your heart.
Till then,
STRIVE
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