Top 200 Ambition Quotes (2025 Update)

1. “Big results require big ambitions.”

— Heraclitus

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2. “If you quit once, it becomes a habit. Never quit.”

— Michael Jordan

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3. “Build your own dreams, or someone else will hire you to build theirs.”

— Farrah Gray

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4. “Persistence is very important. You should not give up unless you are forced to give up.”

— Elon Musk

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5. “All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them.”

— Walt Disney

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6. “To hell with circumstances; I create opportunities.”

— Bruce Lee

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7. “You can do anything you wish to do, have anything you wish to have, be anything you wish to be.”

— Robert Collier

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8. “Attitude, not aptitude, determines altitude.”

— Zig Ziglar

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9. “Shoot for the moon and if you miss you will still be among the stars.”

— Les Brown

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10. “Champions aren’t made in 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

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11. “Remember why you started, remember where you’re headed, think of how great it will be to get there, and keep going.”

— Ralph Marston

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12. “You will win if you don’t quit.”

— Les Brown

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13. “Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.”

— T. S. Eliot

Also featured in: Short Inspiring Quotes, Motivational Quotes About Life, Risk-Taking Quotes

14. “Don't look back – forward, infinite energy, infinite enthusiasm, infinite daring,and infinite patience – then alone can great deeds be accomplished”

— Swami Vivekananda

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15. “The only limit to the height of your achievements is the reach of your dreams and your willingness to work hard for them.”

— Michelle Obama

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16. “Comfort is the enemy of achievement.”

— Farrah Gray

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17. “Do not let your fire go out, spark by irreplaceable spark in the hopeless swamps of the not-quite, the not-yet, and the not-at-all. Do not let the hero in your soul perish in lonely frustration for the life you deserved and have never been able to reach. The world you desire can be won. It exists. It is real. It is possible. It’s yours.”

— Ayn Rand

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18. “No Alarm Clock Needed. My Passion Wakes Me.”

— Eric Thomas

Also featured in: Dreaming Big Quotes, Effort Quotes, Empowerment Quotes, Self-Empowerment Quotes

19. “It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed.”

— Theodore Roosevelt

Also featured in: Life Quotes, Failure Quotes, Inspirational Life Quotes, Empowerment Quotes

20. “Stop being average. You’re not even good. You were born to be great.”

— Eric Thomas

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21. “Never stop fighting until you arrive at your destined place – that is, the unique you. Have an aim in life, continuously acquire knowledge, work hard, and have perseverance to realise the great life.”

— Abdul Kalam

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22. “The only time I get depressed is when I am not being productive. It’s when I am not accomplishing or doing or contributing in any way. Nothing makes me less happy than relaxation and sitting around with nothing to do.”

— Casey Neistat

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23. “My interest in life comes from setting myself huge, apparently unachievable challenges and trying to rise above them.”

— Richard Branson

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24. “The world you desire can be won, it exists, it is real, it is possible, it is yours.”

— Ayn Rand

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25. “I’ve never tried to hide the fact that it is my intention to become the best.”

— Cristiano Ronaldo

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26. “You are in danger of living a life so comfortable and soft, that you will die without ever realizing your true potential.”

— David Goggins

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27. “I am always motivated. I am ambitious and I want to always improve.”

— Cristiano Ronaldo

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28. “The only person who is truly holding you back is you. No more excuses. It’s time to change. It’s time to live life at a new level.”

— Tony Robbins

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29. “You can accomplish virtually anything if you want it badly enough and if you are willing to work long enough and hard enough.”

— Brian Tracy

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30. “The question isn’t who is going to let me; it’s who is going to stop me.”

— Ayn Rand

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31. “I think it is possible for ordinary people to choose to be extraordinary.”

— Elon Musk

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32. “What is good? All that heightens the feeling of power, the will to power, power itself. What is bad? All that is born of weakness. What is happiness? The feeling that power is growing, that resistance is overcome.”

— Friedrich Nietzsche

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33. “The worst thing I can be is the same as everybody else. I hate that.”

— Arnold Schwarzenegger

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34. “High expectations are the key to everything.”

— Sam Walton

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35. “A man’s worth is no greater than the worth of his ambitions.”

— Marcus Aurelius

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36. “You have to be pretty driven to make it happen. Otherwise, you will just make yourself miserable.”

— Elon Musk

Also featured in: Hard Work Quotes, Career Development Quotes, Determination Quotes

37. “My job is not to be easy on people. My job is to take these great people we have and to push them and make them even better.”

— Steve Jobs

Also featured in: Leadership Quotes, Business Quotes, Motivational Work Quotes

38. “If your dreams do not scare you, they are not big enough.”

— Ellen Johnson Sirleaf

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39. “We’re not just here to take part, we’re here to take over.”

— Conor McGregor

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40. “You can’t win unless you first begin. So start now.”

— Robin S. Sharma

Also featured in: Persistence Quotes, Goal Quotes, Inspirational Life Quotes, Winning Quotes

41. “Tell the world what you intend to do, but first show it.”

— Napoleon Hill

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42. “When your desires are strong enough, you will appear to possess superhuman powers to achieve.”

— Napoleon Hill

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43. “A genius is simply one who has taken full possession of his own mind and directed it toward objectives of his own choosing, without permitting outside influences to discourage or mislead him.”

— Napoleon Hill

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44. “You must either modify your dreams or magnify your skills.”

— Jim Rohn

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45. “Ask for what you want and be prepared to get it.”

— Maya Angelou

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46. “There is no elevator to success, you have to take the stairs.”

— Zig Ziglar

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47. “The only way to get out of mediocrity is to keep shooting for excellence.”

— Eric Thomas

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48. “A dream is only a dream until you decide to make it real.”

— Harry Styles

Also featured in: Self-Realization Quotes, Quotes About Dreams, Quotes About Trying, Determination Quotes

49. “Success is the progressive realization of a worthy goal or ideal.”

— Earl Nightingale

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50. “You’ve got to follow your passion. You’ve got to figure out what it is you love – who you really are. And have the courage to do that. I believe that the only courage anybody ever needs is the courage to follow your own dreams.”

— Oprah Winfrey

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