Ambition Quotes · Page 73

There is not a man in America who has not had a secret ambition to boot an infant.

— W. C. Fields

I've never told anyone, but my ambition is to become the leading all-time scorer of free kicks in Serie A.

— Andrea Pirlo

Nothing is too high for the daring of mortals: we storm heaven itself in our folly.

— Horace

Raising ambition in 2014 is crucial for arriving at a meaningful climate agreement in 2015.

— Ban Ki-moon

Basically you have to suppress your own ambitions in order to be who you need to be.

— Bob Dylan

The man of petty ambition if invited to dinner will be eager to be set next his host.

— Theophrastus

I look for people who have drive, who have ambition, who are humble. I've hired many people at very strange places.

— Tony Fernandes

My ambition is to give Oakland's cathedral a universal character independent of the Catholic Church.

— Santiago Calatrava

I never get bored talking about themes dealing with ambition, leadership and what it means to be an American. I love that…

— Rob Lowe

Worldly ambition is founded on pride or envy, but emulation, or laudable ambition, is actually founded in humility; for it evidently implies…

— Joseph Hall

My greatest pleasure is to invent. My continual mad ambition is to make something true and beautiful that never existed in the…

— Peter Carey

Whether a person's aim purpose is worldly or spiritual, the method to achieve it is the same..training your mind and focusing on…

— Simi Ngr

“Failure is the ultimate motivator, the supreme teacher, and the definitive guarantee of life. Failure is what makes success so addictive.”

— Noel DeJesus

Let not ambition take possession of you; love the friends of the people, but reserve blind submission for the law and enthusiasm…

— Marquis de Lafayette

Why do I do anything?' she says. 'I'm educated enough to talk myself out of any plan. To deconstruct any fantasy. Explain…

— Chuck Palahniuk

I think I need another trophy on my list, and I know that Barca's ambition is to win the Champions League. This…

— Toni Duggan

[John Adams's] vividly descriptive prose is supremely quotable. Adams wears his heart on his sleeve and reveals all of his ambitions, doubts,…

— Gordon S. Wood

In essence, the Thai people are not materialistic at all. They're not in the least driven by the kind of ambition that…

— John Burdett

There be three sorts of government--monarchical, aristocratical, democratical; and they are apt to fall three several ways into ruin--the first, by tyranny;…

— Francis Quarles

It is only by going through a volume of work that... your work will be as good as your ambitions. And I…

— Ira Glass

“She's a mystery, a cipher, something nearly extinct these days: a person not controlled by ambition or greed or a crass need…

— Rebecca Miller

I dread our own power and our own ambition; I dread our being too much dreaded…We may say that we shall not…

— Edmund Burke

My boat is nearing the calm harbour from which it is never more to be driven out. Glory, glory unto Mother! (Referring…

— Swami Vivekananda

Myself and some kids on our estate became obsessed with the creation of the ultimate go-kart. This ambition culminated in the creation…

— Greg Davies

I realize I'm an ambitious guy, but I just try to take things as they come, you know, for the most part.

— Rob Brown

“Montmorency’s ambition in life, is to get in the way and be sworn at. ”

— Jerome K. Jerome

I am happy at PSV, but I am a player with a lot of ambition.

— Georginio Wijnaldum

“A lot of people spend a lot of time chasing a lot of things that will never bring lasting happiness.”

— Wayne Gerard Trotman

Set clear goals and create and initiate a plan of action that propels you toward the life you wish for.

— Senora Roy

Expectation brings frustration. Private ambitions bring failures.

— Anonymous

People seem to have this idea that I've always been very ambitious. Nothing could be further from the truth.

— Judi Dench

Committing to a goal does not always bring action, yet committing to an action will invariably bring you to your goal.

— Jeffrey Fry

because we are always staring at the stars, we learn the shortness of our arms.

— Mary Roberts Rinehart

Give your employees a mission that matches their ambitions. When you challenge people, they surprise you.

— Richard Branson

Forget that blind ambition, and learn to trust your intuition.

— Jimmy Buffett

I have a Stratocaster, which is part of my long, doomed ambition to become Jimi Hendrix.

— Nish Kumar

Why should we stunt our ambitions and impoverish our lives in order to be insulted and looked down upon in our old…

— Joseph A. Schumpeter

But wild Ambition loves to slide, not stand, And Fortune's ice prefers to Virtue's land.

— John Dryden

People always told me that the sky is the limit, but that flag on the moon has my mind thinking different.

— Sarah Moores

No one likes to play aggressive golf more than me, but at times it's better to temper your ambition.

— Seve Ballesteros