Overly Ambitious Quotes & Sayings

[ Marco Rubio] overly ambitious, too young, and I have better hair than he does. — Jeb Bush

I think it's better to be overly ambitious and fail than to be underambitious and succeed in a mundane way. I have been very fortunate. I failed upward in my life! — Francis Ford Coppola

I am overly ambitious, because I realize it can be done. — Pharrell Williams

You know, you don't need a leader to sort of administer something that's going very well. In fact, in one sense, an overly ambitious person in that circumstance can probably screw it up. — Louis V. Gerstner Jr.

The biggest problem is typically overly ambitious expectations combined with undercapitalization. — Geoffrey Moore

debatable today, as the structure could house the entire population of Athens, but could do nothing to protect their resources or withstand a long siege. And like every empire, the greatest enemy turned out to be the self. Athens ended up falling largely as a result of its own foolishness. The Greeks lost control. The empire got too big and essentially imploded upon itself. The proud and overly ambitious military leaders lost — Tom Simek

PROFITS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PYRAMID | Idea in Brief 105 words THE PROBLEM Multinational firms' socially beneficial ventures in low-income markets need to earn profits if they're to command corporate resources, but operating in the black is harder than it looks. THE SOLUTION Companies can use the authors' "opportunity map" to design and undertake ventures at the bottom of the pyramid that match their capabilities and financial expectations. THE DETAILS The map sorts ventures according to cost and complexity by analyzing two key challenges in selling to the poor: changing consumers' behavior and changing the way products are made and delivered. The map can encourage companies to forgo overly ambitious, unsustainable projects and start with smaller ones that generate steady profits. — Anonymous

I'm not an overly ambitious person; I don't feel like I have to excel. — Chris Evert

Learn to live small and you will discover great pleasures. You will accomplish more in your life than you could ever predict if you were overly ambitious. — Thomas Moore