“A useless life is an early death.”
"People never improve unless they look to some standard or example higher or better than themselves.”
“It matters not how long we live but how.”
"The aim of life is to live, and to live means to be aware, joyously, drunkenly, serenely, divinely aware.”
"The purpose of human life is to serve, and to show compassion and the will to help others.”
"The mark of the immature man is that he wants to die nobly for a cause, while the mark of the mature man is that he wants to live humbly for one.”
"If the immediate and direct purpose of our life is not suffering then our existence is the most ill-adapted to its purpose in the world.”
"The whole life of man is but a point of time; let us enjoy it, therefore, while it lasts, and not spend it to no purpose.”
“Do not be too moral. You may cheat yourself out of much life so. Aim above morality. Be not simply good; be good for something.”
“There are two things to aim at in life: first, to get what you want, and after that to enjoy it. Only the wisest of mankind achieve the second.”
“The mere act of aiming at something big makes you big.”
“An aim in life is the only fortune worth finding.”
“The greater danger for most of us lies not in setting our aim too high and falling short; but in setting our aim too low, and achieving our mark.”
“The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance.”
“Aim above morality. Be not simply good, be good for something.”
“Hitch your wagon to a star.”
“Fortune favors the bold.”
“An early death is better than an aimless life.”
“A noble aim is simply a noble deed.”
“My goal in life is to survive. Everything else is just a bonus.”
“Don’t aim for success if you want it; just do what you love and believe in, and it will come naturally.”
“Ambition should be made of sterner stuff.”
“If you wish to reach the highest, begin at the lowest.”
“Most people would succeed in small things if they were not troubled with great ambitions.”
“Ambition has but one reward for all: A little power, a little transient fame; A grave to rest in, and a fading name!”
“Ambition is the path to success. Persistence is the vehicle you arrive in.”
“Intelligence without ambition is a bird without wings.”
“Ambition is not what man does… but what man would do.”
“Great ambition is the passion of a great character.”
“This one step - choosing a goal and sticking to it - changes everything.”
“Fame is the perfume of heroic deeds.”
“Aim for the moon. If you miss, you may hit a star.”
“If you aim at nothing, you'll hit it every time.”
“The mould of a man's fortune is in his own hands.”
