It used to be that the highest ambition of American novelists was to write 'the Great American Novel,' that great white whale… — Michael Korda Copy Share Image
If I wasn't from Philly, I couldn't promise you that I would have the same drive and the same ambition because, as… — Nafessa Williams Copy Share Image
“The difference between greed and ambition is a greedy person desires things he isn't prepared to work for.” — Habeeb Akande Copy Share Image
My purpose had accidents-My motivation has delays-My mistakes were misguided-My ambition still remains — C-DASH Copy Share Image
At least eighty percent of millionaires are self-made. That is, they started with nothing but ambition and energy, the same way most… — Brian Tracy Copy Share Image
Ambition is violence, the very effort to succeed in the world is violent. — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
Level 5 leaders channel their ego needs away from themselves and into the larger goal of building a great company. It's not… — James C. Collins Copy Share Image
“What am I in the eyes of most people — a nonentity, an eccentric, or an unpleasant person — somebody who has… — Vincent Van Gogh Copy Share Image
When doing family entertainment, you don't actually worry about kids. You know what you can't do. But in terms of sensibility and… — Nina Jacobson Copy Share Image
Its a really wonderful thing to focus your life on something other than your own personal career and ambition. — Kevin Spacey Copy Share Image
There is scarce any passion so heartily decried by moralists and satirists, as AMBITION; and yet, methinks, ambition is not a vice… — Fulke Greville, 1st Baron Brooke Copy Share Image
There is a big divergence between views on a variety of policy issues from fiscal stimulus to financial regulation. It's my hope… — Lars Peter Hansen Copy Share Image
“Conscience is my CV, Biodata, Bulldozer, Revolution, my resume, Citizenship, Earthistana.” — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
I actually feel quite sorry for Hillary Clinton as a person because I see someone who is eaten alive by their ambitions,… — Julian Assange Copy Share Image
I'm not against ambition and reach, but if you can say it in four lines, why waste your time saying it in… — Michael Longley Copy Share Image
In the world of interactive multi-media highways we are all traveling somewhere interactively and we are all shopping for something, our dreams,… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
. . . yet do I fear thy nature; It is too full o' the milk of human kindness To catch the… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
“Ambition is a poor excuse for not having sense enough to be lazy.” – Charlie McCarthy (Edgar Bergen)” — Peter Taylor Copy Share Image
My main ambition as a gardener is to water my orange trees with gin, then all I have to do is squeeze… — W. C. Fields Copy Share Image
“Today's politicians are like policemen on traffic duty. They are just dealing with traffic right in front of them. Yet they want… — Jiro Shirasu Copy Share Image
The ministers of kings should learn to moderate their ambition. The higher they elevate themselves above their proper sphere, the greater the… — Louis XIV Copy Share Image
My parents were both born in 1930. They grew up during the Depression. They wanted their children to have secure lives, to… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
Perhaps middle-age is, or should be, a period of shedding shells; the shell of ambition, the shell of material accumulations and possessions,… — Anne Morrow Lindbergh Copy Share Image