As a young black immigrant at an inner-city school, I saw how poverty of ambition left many from disadvantaged backgrounds on the… — Kemi Badenoch Copy Share Image
I emphasize that I am full of ambition and hope and of full charm of life. But I can renounce all at… — Bhagat Singh Copy Share Image
I don't think ambition was ever my strong suit. I always wanted to be successful, because you want to be good at… — Selma Blair Copy Share Image
Ambition is at the very core of success and extraordinary achievement. Unlike greed, it's a powerful, creative and constructive force. — Jim Rohn Copy Share Image
Supreme egotism and utter seriousness are necessary for the greatest accomplishment, and these the Irish find hard to sustain; at some point,… — William V. Shannon Copy Share Image
“Time helps those who are present, gravity helps those who are moving, nature helps those who evolve, reality listens to those who… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
When great men permit themselves to be cast down by the continuance of misfortune, they show us that they were only sustained… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
If you really want to work towards your dreams, you're going to need loads of passion, and practice. Like everything else. — Cheryl Plonkey Copy Share Image
I've been thinking a lot about you, about the day we would finally be together again and live our dreams together. You're… — Valentino Becker Copy Share Image
“better illustrate this better than the life of one of the most extraordinary warriors the world has even known; a man of… — Sean Patrick Copy Share Image
It seems idle to rail at ambition merely because it is a boundless passion; or rather is not this circumstance an argument… — William Shenstone Copy Share Image
I acquired more wealth, power, and prestige than most. But you can acquire all you want and still feel empty. It took… — Lee Atwater Copy Share Image
Humanity does not ask to be happy.It merely asks us to be brilliant on its behalf. Survival first, and then happiness as… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
Girls can be athletic. Guys can have feelings. Girls can be smart. Guys can be creative. And vice versa. Gender is specific… — Connor Franta Copy Share Image
Too many people want the fruit of Paul's ministry without paying the price that Paul paid. He died. He died to everything.… — Floyd McClung Copy Share Image
In the temple of science are many mansions, and various indeed are they that dwell therein and the motives that have led… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
I had no sense of having reached some goal because I was an etoile at the Paris Opera. My ambition, if you… — Sylvie Guillem Copy Share Image
I've always been most interested in the politics of everyday life: your relation to whatever you're doing, or what your ambitions are,… — Richard Linklater Copy Share Image
Ambition is a passion, at once strong and insidious, and is very apt to cheat a man out of his happiness and… — Edward Bates Copy Share Image
My mother was a dancer and my first ambition was to dance, but now that I've had some acting experience I want… — Joey Heatherton Copy Share Image
One who desires to excel should remain committed and make the best use of his talent. Not necessarily outperform others, but his… — Anil Sinha Copy Share Image
If you have a great ambition, take as big a step as possible in the direction of fulfilling it. The step may… — Mildred H. McAfee Copy Share Image
There's no real glory in the grandstands, just a false sensation of obtaining victory. NOW is the time to get in the… — Tsepiso Makhubedu Copy Share Image
If you imagine that once you have accomplished your ambitions you will have time to turn to the Way, you will discover… — Yoshida Kenko Copy Share Image
Try to improve yourself on day to day basis by giving wings of action to your thoughts. And making failure a milestone… — Dr Anil Kr Sinha Copy Share Image
How to find joy? Let your ambition disappear; ambition is the barrier. Ambition means an ego trip: "I want to be this,… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
I am sensible that my keenness of temper, and a vanity to be distinguished for the day, make me too often splash… — James Boswell Copy Share Image
“If you cannot think of solutions that are discarded as a result of the specified ambition, the ambition is not clear enough.” — Rob Van Haastrecht Copy Share Image
He [Charles II] was utterly without ambition. He detested business, and would sooner have abdicated his crown than have undergone the trouble… — Thomas B. Macaulay Copy Share Image
A noble man compares and estimates himself by an idea which is higher than himself; and a mean man, by one lower… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
“Beware of those who criticize you when you deserve some praise for an achievement, for it is they who secretly desire to… — Suzy Kassem Copy Share Image
My only purpose is to live a happy life and if I can't fulfill that purpose then my effort, courage and ambition… — Wazim Shaw Copy Share Image
Time, the cradle of hope, but the grave of ambition, is the stern corrector of fools, but the salutary counselor of the… — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
Love and meekness, lord, Become a churchman better than ambition: Win straying souls with modesty again, Cast none away. — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
There is a native baseness in the ambition which seeks beyond its desert, that never shows more conspicuously than when, no matter… — William Gilmore Simms Copy Share Image
My biggest ambition when I was younger was to appear on stage at what was then Nimrod, which is the theatre where… — David Wenham Copy Share Image
There is no evil that does not promise inducements. Avarice promises money; luxury, a varied assortment of pleasures; ambition, a purple robe… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Dreams aren't those that you have when you are asleep. Dreams are those that don't let you sleep till they are fulfilled. — Nishan Panwar Copy Share Image
“He knew now that when power and ambition and curiosity were satisfied, there still were left the longings of the heart.” — Arthur C. Clarke Copy Share Image
I had to make my own living and my own opportunity! But I made it! Dont sit down and wait for the… — CJ Walker Copy Share Image