Marc Andreessen on Ambition Quotes

"A startup is a company designed to grow fast."

"The world is a very malleable place. If you know what you want, and you go for it with maximum energy and drive and passion, the world will often even give it to you."

"The world is full of opportunities for those who are willing to look."

"If you are not dreaming big enough to be scared, you are probably not dreaming big enough to change the world."

"We believe that there is no such thing as 'enough' growth, because growth is the engine of human progress."

"Passion is the difference between a job and a calling."

"Winning requires a level of obsession that most people find unhealthy."

"You have to have a certain amount of 'aggravating' ambition to change how things work."

"The world needs more builders."

"Technology is the glory of human ambition and meaning, the spearhead of progress."

"Be so good they can't ignore you."

"You need a certain amount of arrogance to believe you can change an entire industry."

"We need to return to a culture where dreaming big is encouraged and building fast is the norm."

"Smart people should build things."

"If you want to be motivated, surround yourself with people who are doing things that scare you."

"The most successful founders have a 'burning' need to solve a specific problem, which is a much more durable form of passion."

"The world is a very malleable place. If you know what you want, and you go for it with maximum energy and drive and passion, the world will yield to you."

"The world is a very malleable place. If you know what you want, and you go for it with maximum energy and drive and passion, the world will often reconfigure itself around you."

"True passion in entrepreneurship looks like obsession. It's the inability to think about anything else."

"The future belongs to the builders."

"Technology is the glory of human ambition and achievement, the spearhead of progress, and the realization of our potential."

"Taking a risk means accepting that you might lose everything to gain something significantly better."

"Winning is about capturing the future."

"There is no speed limit."

"A great founder is someone who can't stop thinking about their dream until it exists in the physical world."

"Optimize for the long term by being extremely disciplined with your short-term time."

"If you are not working on the most important problem in your field, why are you working at all?"

"You don't want to be the best at what you do, you want to be the only one who does what you do."

"The standard advice is 'follow your passion.' This is terrible advice. You should follow your contribution."