13 Motivational Quotes About the Power of Ambition

When ambition fuels your desire to succeed, you’re virtually unstoppable. There’s this undeniable hunger that leads you to passionate action—and as goals go, it’s the doing that leads to achieving. If you keep pushing toward this reality, you can definitely claim it.

Be relentlessly ambitious, and go after your dreams with help from these 13 powerful quotes.

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1. “Ambition is enthusiasm with a purpose.” —Frank Tyger

2. “It is a grand thing to rise in the world. The ambition to do so is the very salt of the earth. It is the parent of all enterprise, and the cause of all improvement.” —Anthony Trollope

3. “The starting point of all achievement is desire.” —Napoleon Hill

4. “A man’s worth is no greater than his ambitions.” —Marcus Aurelius

5. “Life takes on meaning when you become motivated, set goals and charge after them in an unstoppable manner.” —Les Brown

6. “Ambitions tend to remain undisturbed by realities.” —Frank Herbert

7. “Ambition is a dream with a V8 engine.” —Elvis Presley

8. “Don’t be afraid to be ambitious about your goals. Hard work never stops. Neither should your dreams.” —Dwayne Johnson

9. “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

10. “Ambition is the last refuge of the failure.” —Oscar Wilde

11. “Intelligence without ambition is a bird without wings.” —Salvador Dalí

12. “Ambition beats genius 99 percent of the time.” —Jay Leno

13. “Keep away from those who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you believe that you too can become great.” —Mark Twain

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