Ambition Quote by Mason Cooley

The goal is to avoid mediocrity by being prepared to try something and either failing miserably or triumphing grandly.

— Georges St-Pierre

To feel ambition and to act upon it is to embrace the unique calling of our souls.

— Steven Pressfield

Attaining even mediocrity is often a struggle.

— Mason Cooley

We have these ambitions that are very hard to accomplish because life puts us in our place. We have this battle with mediocrity.

— Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

Set yourself a goal and focus on achieving it. A goal helps channelize the mind and body to work on what needs to be…

— Prakah Iyer

I made a conscious decision when I was about 17 years old to strive towards mediocrity. I completely abandoned the idea of grandeur and…

— Evangeline Lilly

“Nothing has sunk more creators and caused more unhappiness than this: our inherently human tendency to pursue a strategy aimed at accomplishing one goal…

— Ryan Holiday

“I knew too well the nature of life's distractions and enticements-how the piecemeal progress of our hopes and ambitions commands our undivided attention, reshaping…

— Amor Towles

Ambition is a lust that's never quenched, Grows more inflated, and madder by enjoyment. - TOtway

— Anonymous

“Those who overcome the temptations of mediocrity and achieve everything they want in life have an extraordinarily compelling why that drives them. They have…

— Hal Elrod

“Yet for these high, hard goals to really work their magic, Locke and Latham found that certain moderators—the word psychologists use to describe “if-then”…

— Peter H. Diamandis

Being ambitious, driven, and passionate can sometimes come at a cost and warp our sense of perspective: when we constantly work and strive to…

— Vick Hope