Yearning for Achievement Quotes

At the beginning of his struggle, the Warrior says: "I have dreams."

A big desire is not enough to meet the expectations of lost dreams.

We hate merit while it is with us; when taken away from our gaze, we long for it jealously.

The tempt for greatness is the biggest drug in the world.

You ever hear a dog cry, Steve? You know, howling so loud it's almost unbearable?' He nodded. 'I reckon they howl like that because they're so hungry it hurts, and that's what I feel in me every day of my life. I'm so hungry to be somethin' - to be somebody. You hear me?' He did. 'I'm not lyin' down ever. Not for you. Not for anyone.' I ended it. 'I'm hungry, Steve.' Sometimes I think they're the best words I've ever said. 'I'm hungry.

He can feel no little wants who is in pursuit of grandeur.

The desire of excellence is the necessary attribute of those who excel. We work little for a thing unless we wish for it.

Do you recall, from your childhood on, how very much this life of yours has longed for greatness? I see it now, how from the vantage point of greatness it longs for even greater greatness. That is why it does not let up being difficult, but that is also why it will not cease to grow.

Ambition, and Covetousnesse are Passions that are perpetually incumbent, and pressing.

And reaching up my hand to try, I screamed to feel it touch the sky.

Feeling and longing are the motive forces behind all human endeavor and human creations.

I've never hankered for any role.

"With my desire and drive, I definitely wasn't normal. Normal people can be happy with a regular life. I was different. I felt there was more to life than plodding through a normal existence. I'd always been impressed by stories of greatness and power. I wanted to do something special, to be recognized as the best. I saw bodybuilding as the vehicle that would take me to the top, and I put all my energy into it.

Love's but a frailty of the mind, When 'tis not with ambition joined.

Nothing but pain, stuck in this game, searching for fortune and fame.

Ambition is, of all other, the most contrary humor to solitude; and glory and repose are so inconsistent that they cannot possibly inhabit one and the same place; and for so much as I understand, those have only their arms and legs disengaged from the crowd, their mind and intention remain engaged behind more than ever.

Desire is what takes the hot water of mediocrity and turns it into the steam of outstanding success.

Jon Snow had dreamed of leading men to glory just as King Daeron had, of growing up to be a conqueror. Now he was a man grown and the Wall was his, yet all he had were doubts. He could not even seem to conquer those.