Edward Mandell House Quotes

Not failure, but low aim, is crime.

If you have ambition, you might not achieve anything, but without ambition, you are almost certain not to achieve anything.

We need to be aware of what we are capable of first and realize that if you place your dreams really really high, you do have the potential to get to that level.

If you sell yourself short before you even start, you'll never know how far you could have gone. Ambition is a wonderful thing and has gotten me farther than I ever thought I'd go.

I believe that one can aspire to as much as one wants to.

Not failure, but low aim is sin.

People who are unable to motivate themselves must be content with mediocrity, no matter how impressive their other talents.

Reach your ambition as high as the skies! Dream as high as the skies! Because if you fell, you will fall among the stars!!

If you succeed at most of your activities, your goals are set much too low.

I have goals and aspirations, and I believe that you can go after your dreams, and it can work if you have someone there that's supporting you.

I don't like setting goals - I don't like to be disappointed.

It is a lack of commitment, not a lack of talent, that damns you to mediocrity.

You get whatever accomplishment you are willing to declare.

There's a difference between expectations and aspirations.

You have to think big to be big.

I think setting a goal, getting a visual image of what it is you want. You've got to see what it is you want to achieve before you can pursue it.

To begin to think with purpose, is to enter the ranks of those strong ones who only recognize failure as one of the pathways to attainment.

It may be those who do most, dream most.

If you think big, then it's going to be big.

I have so many goals.

That some achieve great success, is proof to all that others can achieve it as well.

I never lost my dreams in my 20s, and I know that sounds corny, but it's incredibly important to never let go of what you really want in your life.

Ambition aspires to descend.

Goals determine what you're going to be.

Dream no small dream; it lacks magic. Dream large. Then make the dream real.