Ambition Quotes · Page 89

I am sensible that my keenness of temper, and a vanity to be distinguished for the day, make me too often splash…

— James Boswell

“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

“He knew now that when power and ambition and curiosity were satisfied, there still were left the longings of the heart.”

— Arthur C. Clarke

I had to make my own living and my own opportunity! But I made it! Dont sit down and wait for the…

— CJ Walker

There is no evil that does not promise inducements. Avarice promises money; luxury, a varied assortment of pleasures; ambition, a purple robe…

— Anonymous

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

Love and meekness, lord, Become a churchman better than ambition: Win straying souls with modesty again, Cast none away.

— William Shakespeare

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

Oh, September! It is so soon for you to lose your friends to good work and strange loves and high ambitions. The…

— Catherynne M. Valente

“Being an absolute ruler today was not as simple as people thought. At least, it was not simple if your ambitions included…

— Terry Pratchett

It is a mighty error to suppose that none but violent and strong passions, such as love and ambition, are able to…

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

It was from my own early experience that I decided there was no use to which money could be applied so productive…

— Andrew Carnegie

It is not sufficient for the young to devote their enthusiasm, their courage, their ambition, their self-sacrifice to the great ideas of…

— Ellen Key

Even as a kid in drawing class, I had real ambition. I wanted to be the best in the class, but there…

— Damien Hirst

I'd be lying if I said Hollywood wasn't still an ambition; it's everyone's, isn't it? You're getting paid very well, you're working…

— Max Beesley

The monk, the inquisitor, and the Jesuit were lords of Spain,- sovereigns of her sovereign, for they had formed the dark and…

— Francis Parkman

My biggest ambition when I was younger was to appear on stage at what was then Nimrod, which is the theatre where…

— David Wenham

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

“There’s nothing wrong with ambition, Sherry. Nobody wants to be average. Hell, average is easy. Going above and beyond—now that’s hard. That…

— Lotchie Burton

Hackney at certain epochs has given itself suburban airs and graces, before being slapped down and consigned once more to the dump…

— Iain Sinclair

Many people have the ambition to succeed; they may even have a special aptitude for their job. And yet they do not…

— Don Dewberry

In various memoir pieces, I have traced the trajectory of yearning through decisions made, good and bad, that had somehow kept the…

— Shirley Geok-lin Lim

“It’s possible to build an amazing and fulfilling life on your terms, where you live to your fullest potential. Be whatever you…

— Chitra D. Nawbatt

“Thus, Marlowe posed the silent question: could aspiring Icarus be happy with a toilsome life on land managing a plough with plodding…

— E.A. Bucchianeri

I never engaged in public affairs for my own interest, pleasure, envy, jealousy, avarice or ambition, or even the desire of fame

— John Adams

I always play to win, as I proved at AC Milan, Real Madrid, Roma and Juventus. I want my players to have…

— Fabio Capello

Lincoln's stature and strength, his intelligence and ambition - in short, all the elements which gave him popularity among men in New…

— John George Nicolay

There is nothing else that so kills the ambitions of a person as criticisms from superiors. I never criticize anyone...If I like…

— Charles R. Schwab

“Every man is said to have his peculiar ambition,” he wrote. “I have no other so great as that of being truly…

— Doris Kearns Goodwin

There may be in every government a few choice spirits, who may act from more worthy motives. One great error is that…

— Alexander Hamilton

The problem in narcissism is not the high ideals and ambitions, it's the difficulty one encounters when trying to give them body.

— Thomas Moore

Life doesn't provide warranties and guarantees... it only provides possibilities and opportunities for those who dare to make best use of it!

— Anonymous

Vietnam was a lie but at least there was a political agenda. It was the domino theory. Iraq is about nothing but…

— Donald Sutherland

Ah, but a man's reach should exceed his grasp, said Browning, and so it has - extended by the length of an…

— Robert Breault

I'm trying to influence the next generation or two generations or three generations behind me. That's a big ambition of mine.

— James Frey

Actually, ambition won't get you that far. You'll shift gears. You'll see something that's shinier. But if you believe... then you're the…

— Sam Abell

“...if it's cool you're after, then you're knock-knock-knocking on the wrong door. My maximum ambition is to make it to normal.”

— Harry Bingham

I actually feel quite sorry for Hillary Clinton as a person because I see someone who is eaten alive by their ambitions,…

— Julian Assange

Love is of all stimulants the most powerful. It sharpens the wits like danger, and the memory like hatred; it spurs the…

— Amelia B. Edwards

Humility was an important part of the way I grew up. And I found that to be less common when I moved…

— Anna Kendrick