A young man's ambition is to get along in the world and make a place for himself-half your life goes that way, till you're 45 or 50. Then, if you're lucky, you make terms with life, you get released.

Quote by Robert Penn Warren

Topics: Ambition Quotes, Youth Quotes

I've been to a lot of places and done a lot of things, but writing...

I've been to a lot of places and done a lot of things, but writing...

This is not remarkable, for, as we know, reality is not a function of the...

This is not remarkable, for, as we know, reality is not a function of the...

For what is a poem but a hazardous attempt at self-understanding: it is the deepest...

For what is a poem but a hazardous attempt at self-understanding: it is the deepest...

The urge to write poetry is like having an itch. When the itch becomes annoying...

The urge to write poetry is like having an itch. When the itch becomes annoying...

How do poems grow? They grow out of your life.

How do poems grow? They grow out of your life.

A young man's ambition is to get along in the world and make a place...

A young man's ambition is to get along in the world and make a place...

The poem is a little myth of man's capacity of making life meaningful. And in...

The poem is a little myth of man's capacity of making life meaningful. And in...

Real writers are those who want to write, need to write, have to write.

Real writers are those who want to write, need to write, have to write.

The poem is a little myth of man's capacity of making life meaningful. And in...

The poem is a little myth of man's capacity of making life meaningful. And in...

For what is a poem but a hazardous attempt at self-understanding: it is the deepest...

For what is a poem but a hazardous attempt at self-understanding: it is the deepest...

I don't expect you'll hear me writing any poems to the greater glory of Ronald...

I don't expect you'll hear me writing any poems to the greater glory of Ronald...

I don't expect you'll hear me writing any poems to the greater glory of Ronald...

I don't expect you'll hear me writing any poems to the greater glory of Ronald...

I don't expect you'll hear me writing any poems to the greater glory of Ronald...

I don't expect you'll hear me writing any poems to the greater glory of Ronald...

Poets, we know, are terribly sensitive people, and in my observation one of the things...

Poets, we know, are terribly sensitive people, and in my observation one of the things...

Dreams won't come looking for you. That's why you have to chase them. Pursue them...

Dreams won't come looking for you. That's why you have to chase them. Pursue them...

Where there are large powers with little ambition... nature may be said to have fallen...

Where there are large powers with little ambition... nature may be said to have fallen...

Ambition is an idol, on whose wings great minds are carried only to extreme; to...

Ambition is an idol, on whose wings great minds are carried only to extreme; to...

Wisdom alone is true ambition's aim, wisdom is the source of virtue and of fame;...

Wisdom alone is true ambition's aim, wisdom is the source of virtue and of fame;...

It is my ambition and desire to so administer the affairs of the government while...

It is my ambition and desire to so administer the affairs of the government while...

A noble man compares and estimates himself by an idea which is higher than himself;...

A noble man compares and estimates himself by an idea which is higher than himself;...

I go to school - to youth - to learn the future

I go to school - to youth - to learn the future