Stories tagged ambition

"The voice of the intellect is a soft one, but it does not rest until it has gained a hearing. Ultimately, after endless rebuffs, it succeeds. This is one of the few points in which one may be optimistic about the future of mankind."

"My ambition shifted when I had kids in a way that I didn't anticipate. I became more ambitious for my life as a whole, and for that kind of health and happiness of the overall family unit."

"I've come from nowhere. and I'm not shy to go back."

"A lot of people are just really confused by me; they don't know what to think of me, so they try to compartmentalize me or diminish me. Maybe they just feel unsafe. But any time you have an overtly emotional or irrational, negative reaction to sometime, you're fearing something it's bringing up in you."

"Poor is the man whose pleasures depend on the permission of others."

"It always seems impossible until it's done."

"A lot of people are afraid to say what they want. That's why they don't get what they want."

"No regrets. There is no time for that. Regret is boring."

"Success isn't about how much money you make, it's about the difference you make in people's lives."