Shoot for the moon...

Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you'll land among the stars.

--Les Brown

Keep away from people who try...

Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.

--Mark Twain

An ounce of hypocrisy...

An ounce of hypocrisy is worth a pound of ambition.

--Michael Korda

A wise man is cured of ambition...

A wise man is cured of ambition by ambition itself; his aim is so exalted that riches, office, fortune and favour cannot satisfy him.

--Samuel Johnson

A person who aims at nothing...

A person who aims at nothing is sure to hit it.

--Anonymous

I reject "get it done," " make it happen" thinking...

I reject "get it done," "make it happen" thinking. I want to slow things down so I understand them better.

--Jerry Brown (Governor)