"I had a burning ambition. Otherwise, I wouldn't have accomplished it."

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"He had the ruthlessness of uninterrupted success."

Barbara Tuchman, American Historian

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"Goals and dreams are the entrepreneur's mental energy. However, the same goals and dreams that drive his behavior will also drive him to an early grave if he doesn't take care of his physical energy through a mix of exercise and relaxation. Energy manipulation is the ability to feed the mind with dreams and sustain the body so it will keep up with those dreams."

Gudjon Bergmann, Icelandic Author

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"There is practically nothing in life you are set out to do that you cannot accomplish, it only takes you to make you."

Abdulazeez Henry Musa, Nigerian Author

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"Men of great ambition have sought happiness . . . and have found fame."

Napoleon Bonaparte, French Leader

Ambition, Happiness, Fame, Success

"Action achieves ambition."

Amit Kalantri, Indian Author

Ambition, Action, Achievement, Effort

"A part of me genuinely wanted to be the worst because I was so sick of everyone fighting to be the best."

Criss Jami, American Philosopher

Ambition, Failure, Success, Desire

"When that the poor have cried Caesar hath wept: Ambition should be made of sterner stuff: Yet Brutus says he was ambitious And Brutus is an honourable man."

William Shakespeare, English Dramatist

Ambition, Wisdom, Truth, Power, Life

"She had always wanted to do every thing, and had made more progress in both drawing and music than many might have done with so little labour as she ever would submit to... She was not much deceived as to her own skill either as an artist or a musician, but she was not unwilling to have others deceived, or sorry to know her reputation for accomplishment often higher than it deserved."

Jane Austen, British Writer

Ambition, Talent, Deception, Reputation, Art

"To spend your time wanting things is to smother your time for achieving things beyond your expectations."

Criss Jami, American Philosopher

Ambition, Time, Desire, Achievement, Focus

"...I say to you, without pleasure, that this son of ours will be a great man, because -- well -- because he is not very intelligent. He can see only one desire at a time. I said he tested his dreams; he will murder every dream with the implacable arrows of his will. This boy will win to every goal of his aiming; for he can realize no thought, no reason, but his own. And I am sorry for his coming greatness..."

John Steinbeck, American Author

Ambition, Will, Destiny, Greatness

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"He had the ruthlessness of uninterrupted success."

"There is practically nothing in life you are set out to do that you cannot accomplish, it only takes you to make you."

"Men of great ambition have sought happiness . . . and have found fame."

"Action achieves ambition."

"A part of me genuinely wanted to be the worst because I was so sick of everyone fighting to be the best."

"When that the poor have cried Caesar hath wept: Ambition should be made of sterner stuff: Yet Brutus says he was ambitious And Brutus is an honourable man."

"To spend your time wanting things is to smother your time for achieving things beyond your expectations."

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"There are several paths one can take, but not every path is open to you."

"When I was in England doing Romeo and Juliet as a child star, I was interviewed by the British press, who are even more vicious and cruel than the Americans. So I have been extremely guarded ever since."

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"I remember seeing some little wrinkles in my early 30s and thinking they were interesting. But you know the horror of it is that the screen image has to be perfect."

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"I had a burning ambition. Otherwise, I wouldn't have accomplished it."