“You despise books; you whose lives are absorbed in the vanities of ambition, the pursuit of pleasure or indolence; but remember that… — Voltaire Copy Share Image
I've questioned myself, and wondered why I don't like to sleep a lot. I came up with a conclusion that I'm not… — Reilly Jackson Copy Share Image
Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experiences of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, vision cleared,… — Helen Keller Copy Share Image
I know what I want and know my values, and therefore, it's easy to take hard choices when you know what the… — Ada Hegerberg Copy Share Image
England is an incredible breeding ground for talent, yet it finds it really hard to sustain it or keep it. Once you… — Eugene Souleiman Copy Share Image
I didn't have the ambition to be a broadcaster. I was going to be a newspaper reporter the rest of my life,… — Charles Kuralt Copy Share Image
Our ambition isn't just to be big, it's to be listened to and supported by people. And to have the success -… — Stromae Copy Share Image
“I knew too well the nature of life's distractions and enticements-how the piecemeal progress of our hopes and ambitions commands our undivided… — Amor Towles Copy Share Image
“…and they limp and halt, they’re all wrinkled, drawn, they squint to the side, can’t look you in the eyes, and always… — Homer Copy Share Image
“From the very beginning Ihad felt a definite contact with Yeamon, a kind of tenuous understanding that talk is cheap in this… — hunter s. thompson Copy Share Image
Thank the Lord for a mother who was a general as well as a Latter-day Saint; who realized that it was a… — Heber J. Grant Copy Share Image
Public people are definitely captives. It wasn't really my ambition, but that's what happened. If I could find another word that would… — Carla Bruni Copy Share Image
Among some of the organized methods used to control the world is the thing known and called PROPAGANDA. Propaganda has done more… — Marcus Garvey Copy Share Image
It was very different when the masters of science sought immortality and power; such views, although futile, were grand: but now the… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Miramax seems to be showing the same faith in Roberto Benigni's 'Pinocchio' that the Republican Party showed in Trent Lott; the live-action… — Elvis Mitchell Copy Share Image
“Some men escape the grip. Maybe their wives have no social ambitions; maybe they've hit a sentence or two in a 'dangerous… — F. Scott Fitzgerald Copy Share Image
The price of success is hard work, dedication and determination to the endeavor which he loves utmost and wants it to be… — Anil Sinha Copy Share Image
I always try to put myself in the way of surprise as much as possible. My ambition is to keep challenging myself.… — David Morrissey Copy Share Image
I had this dream, and I really wanted to be a star. And I was almost a monster in the way that… — Lady Gaga Copy Share Image
WE NEED MORE OF THOSE AND IF YOU STILL HATE THE WORD, IT IS NOT THE WORD THAT IS IMPORTANT. IT'S THE… — Emma Watson Copy Share Image
I've got ambitions. I've always been very ambitious. But I think there's something nice about not saying all of my dreams, in… — Sigrid Copy Share Image
My job at Stanford is rather different from the ones I had held previously in that my own ambitions must take a… — Robert B. Laughlin Copy Share Image
I'm not totally altruistic. I've always had great career ambitions. But it has to come out in an organic way. If you… — David Friedman Copy Share Image
“When you set man against the vastness of the cosmos, the only thing left is humility, a virtue he often discards in… — Psyche Roxas-Mendoza Copy Share Image
“As ever, his grief made my heart ache. "Ambition is a dangerous thing," I murmured. "One can harbor it unknowing, only to… — Jacqueline Carey Copy Share Image
Without ambition one starts nothing. Without work one finishes nothing. The prize will not be sent to you. You have to win… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
“I could remember it. But I couldn’t see it again, and it occurred to me that the voracious ambition of humans is… — John Green Copy Share Image
If not for that of conscience, yet at least for ambition's sake, let us reject ambition, let us disdain that thirst of… — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
America was born in outrageous ambition, so bold as to be improbable. The deprived, the oppressed, the powerless from all over the… — Mario Cuomo Copy Share Image
I wanted to act and do good work with good people. I wanted to be a part of good content. That was… — Mithila Palkar Copy Share Image
Race was a word that bred arrogance, danger and violence. When had incitement to race served a peaceful purpose? Race was a… — Nayantara Sahgal Copy Share Image
Why quit our own to stand upon foreign ground? Why, by interweaving our destiny with that of any part of Europe, entangle… — George Washington Copy Share Image
“Having a Great Ambition is also a Meditation. When our efforts are focussed sincerely, even during sleep, our brains will work on… — Dinesh Kumar Radhakrishnan Copy Share Image
Rodgers & Hammerstein shows have a purity of unironic emotion that imprints itself upon people's hearts. They seem to touch our feelings… — Mary Rodgers Copy Share Image
“My ambition is not to leave behind me a pile of money for my heirs to quarrel about, but to find out… — George H. Hepworth Copy Share Image
Empty me of the selfishness inside, every vain ambition and the poison of my pride, and any foolish thing my heart holds… — Chris Sligh Copy Share Image
We cannot seek achievement for ourselves and forget about progress and prosperity for our community... Our ambitions must be broad enough to… — Cesar Chavez Copy Share Image
"Reeling and Writhing, of course, to begin with," the Mock Turtle replied, "and then the different branches of Arithmetic Ambition, Distraction, Uglification,… — Lewis Carroll Copy Share Image
“Surround yourself with people who believe in your dreams, encourage your ideas, support your ambitions, and bring out the best in you.” — Roy Bennett Copy Share Image
“Initially, inspiration can come from anywhere but to sustain inspiration one must take actions immediately before it fades away.” — Amit Kalantri Copy Share Image
