Ambition Quotes · Page 82

Jo's ambition was to do something very splendid; what it was she had no idea, as yet, but left it for time…

— Louisa May Alcott

There is another more subtle way in which the innocence of childhood is lost: when the child is infected with the desire…

— Anthony de Mello

It was always a wish for me to work in the Premier League. To work as a manager for Manchester United, the…

— Louis van Gaal

Don't be afraid to think big. Broaden your horizons, set the bar high, demand a share of the profits. Just stride forward…

— Alina Khadgi

People who want to get rich fall into temptation and a trap and into many foolish and harmful desires that plunge men…

— Sharlene05

Certain is it that there is no kind of affection so purely angelic as of a father to a daughter. In love…

— Joseph Addison

Ambition must be made to counteract ambition.

— James Madison

It has been my ambition, for some time, to bring the heart of the house back to life. 'Emma's Kitchen' is the…

— Emma Weymouth

When considering the stature of an athlete or for that matter any person, I set great store in certain qualities which I…

— Donald Bradman

Our own grandchildren may demonstrate that-sometimes- Gigantic is Beautiful.

— Arthur C. Clarke

As the country now turns a new leaf, our ambition is to give hope to each and every Afghan.

— Hamid Karzai

Ambition, like love, can abide no lingering; and ever urgeth on his own successes, hating nothing but what may stop them.

— Philip Sidney

You can stand there thinking, 'if only,' or you can go and take charge and change it.

— Anonymous

“Those with less curiosity or ambition just mumble that God works in mysterious ways. I intend to catch him in the act.”

— Damien Echols

I do have big ambitions, but I think we all do. I just want to keep working hard and being happy.

— Jennifer Lawrence

“Maybe someday, if I succeed at something, I'll stop saying, "It isn't fair" about everything else.”

— Lois Lowry

The man who starts out simply with the idea of getting rich won't succeed, you must have a larger ambition.

— John D. Rockefeller

Nothing can withstand the power of the human will if it is willing to stake its very existence to the extent of…

— Benjamin Disraeli

An once of hypocrisy is worth a pound of ambition.

— Michael Korda

Invariably, what I'm trying to do is more ambitious than the budget, but we manage to do it somehow.

— Terry Gilliam

Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Never allow anyone to take YOUR spirit away from you.

— Khloe Kardashian

My father's vision was to see the Pilbara developed in a way that would benefit his beloved north, and West Australia and…

— Gina Rinehart

I do not say that there is no glory to be gained [in war]; but it is not personal glory. In itself,…

— Anonymous

“If you cannot do great things in life, make sure you do the small things in a great way.”

— Habeeb Akande

When you are bound to your ambition, you work joyfully!

— Anonymous

We [H&M] believe that growth, profit and sustainability are not contradictory. Our ambition is to be a fair and profitable company, because…

— Karl-Johan Persson

“The most annoying pain is perceived when a man is living without a purpose.”

— Amit Kalantri

It has always seemed absurd to suppose that a god would choose for his companions, during all eternity, the dear souls whose…

— Robert Green Ingersoll

I really don't have tremendous political ambition. I have policy ambition.

— Paul Ryan

Once In your Life, Try to Fall In Love....Not Necessarily With A Person, But With An Idea or A Dream or An…

— The Ultimate

Artistic ambition is important. And it seems it would be a great time to do some theatre, like a new extreme.

— Emile Hirsch

We have to be ambitious for our young people.

— Nicky Morgan

Wealth will not come through denial, blame games, low self-esteem less ambitious watch face or mine people business......Hard work the key to…

— Nf

At that time when I was struggling with being successful in a financial way, people would say, "You should be very happy.…

— Les Wexner

I'm tough, ambitious, and I know exactly what I want. If that makes me a bitch, okay.

— Anonymous

“My ambitions aren't grand. All I have ever wanted is to be there for the two people who mean everything to me.…

— Veronica Rossi

I write flawed characters. Ones that do not always make the best decisions and are driven by ambition or lust. They are…

— Anonymous

If, however, economic ambitions are good servants, they are bad masters

— E. F. Schumacher

“People will kill you. Over time. They will shave out every last morsel of fun in you with little, harmless sounding phrases…

— Dylan Moran

We pay a price for everything we get or take in this world; and although ambitions are well worth having, they are…

— Lucy Maud Montgomery