Ambition Quotes · Page 35

People laugh at you when they are looking down on you,work hard cus they dont when they look up to you.

— Isaac Buabeng

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

— Anonymous

People seem to have this idea that I've always been very ambitious. Nothing could be further from the truth.

— Judi Dench

Set clear goals and create and initiate a plan of action that propels you toward the life you wish for.

— Senora Roy

Expectation brings frustration. Private ambitions bring failures.

— Anonymous

I have a Stratocaster, which is part of my long, doomed ambition to become Jimi Hendrix.

— Nish Kumar

Why should we stunt our ambitions and impoverish our lives in order to be insulted and looked down upon in our old…

— Joseph A. Schumpeter

But wild Ambition loves to slide, not stand, And Fortune's ice prefers to Virtue's land.

— John Dryden

“Initially, inspiration can come from anywhere but to sustain inspiration one must take actions immediately before it fades away.”

— Amit Kalantri

"Reeling and Writhing, of course, to begin with," the Mock Turtle replied, "and then the different branches of Arithmetic Ambition, Distraction, Uglification,…

— Lewis Carroll

We cannot seek achievement for ourselves and forget about progress and prosperity for our community... Our ambitions must be broad enough to…

— Cesar Chavez

Empty me of the selfishness inside, every vain ambition and the poison of my pride, and any foolish thing my heart holds…

— Chris Sligh

Intention implies assuming you can and have every right to achieve your ambition and that you are powerful enough to make it…

— Gloria Feldt

I have no directing ambition whatsoever. And as long as I meet filmmakers like Tom Hooper, Stephen Frears, and others who allow…

— Peter Morgan

We're different people. Politics and films were an ambition for Arnold, but never for me. But I would say that his contribution…

— Dorian Yates

I have been absolutely hag-ridden with ambition. If I could wish to have anything in the world it would be to be…

— Tallulah Bankhead

Our country, customs, laws, our ambitions, and our notions of fit and fair-all these we never made; we found them ready-made; we…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

I'm definitely responsible for the image that I put out there. But it does become frustrating, because I don't want 'sexy' to…

— Eva Mendes

Florence Foster Jenkins was born in Pennsylvania in 1868 and left home because her father refused to allow her to fulfil her…

— Maureen Lipman

I think all writers are always collecting characters as we go along. Not just characters of course, we're collecting EVERYTHING. Bits and…

— Alexandra Sokoloff

I'd rather be thought as an international actress rather than a French one. Because I don't know what's coming up for me,…

— Eva Green

The start of a film is like a gateway, a formal entrance-point. The first three minutes of a film make great demands…

— Peter Greenaway

You must bring every particle of your energy, unanswerable resolution, your best efforts, your persistent industry to your task or the best…

— Orison Swett Marden

I don't know if Jesus said it in the Bible, but someone said that 'the love of money is the root of…

— Norbert Leo Butz

because we are always staring at the stars, we learn the shortness of our arms.

— Mary Roberts Rinehart

Committing to a goal does not always bring action, yet committing to an action will invariably bring you to your goal.

— Jeffrey Fry

Give your employees a mission that matches their ambitions. When you challenge people, they surprise you.

— Richard Branson

Forget that blind ambition, and learn to trust your intuition.

— Jimmy Buffett

Nothing is too high for the daring of mortals: we storm heaven itself in our folly.

— Horace

Raising ambition in 2014 is crucial for arriving at a meaningful climate agreement in 2015.

— Ban Ki-moon

Basically you have to suppress your own ambitions in order to be who you need to be.

— Bob Dylan

“The difference between greed and ambition is a greedy person desires things he isn't prepared to work for.”

— Habeeb Akande

Without ambition no conquests are made, and no business created. Ambition is the root of all achievement.

— James A. Champy

I've never told anyone, but my ambition is to become the leading all-time scorer of free kicks in Serie A.

— Andrea Pirlo

There is not a man in America who has not had a secret ambition to boot an infant.

— W. C. Fields

“Montmorency’s ambition in life, is to get in the way and be sworn at. ”

— Jerome K. Jerome

I am happy at PSV, but I am a player with a lot of ambition.

— Georginio Wijnaldum

“A lot of people spend a lot of time chasing a lot of things that will never bring lasting happiness.”

— Wayne Gerard Trotman

The man of petty ambition if invited to dinner will be eager to be set next his host.

— Theophrastus

I look for people who have drive, who have ambition, who are humble. I've hired many people at very strange places.

— Tony Fernandes