Ambition Quotes · Page 50

Ambition displeases when it has been sated ... having reached the peak, it aspires to descend.

— Pierre Corneille

I have been ambitious to be a somebody from the time I was 5 years old

— Ethel Merman

Not a fan of people who retreat from ambition big ideas and defining moments.

— Anonymous

Am I ambitious? I used to be afraid of that word but now I think ambition is a good thing.

— Vera Farmiga

The great ambition should be to excel all others engaged in the same occupation.

— Anonymous

Don't allow anything stop you from achieving anything in life that you know you truly want to achieve.

— Anurag Prakash Ray

“The only way the weight of the world can break you down, is if you carry it the wrong way.”

— Lionel Suggs

What is ambition but desire of greatness? And what is greatness but extent of power?

— Thomas Higgons

“To live in the shadow of another person...to desire to be adored as that person is…is the weakest ambition of all. Find…

— Faye Hall

“He'd been given an assignment to write about teen beauty pageants [...], which he'd accepted because he enjoyed blood sports as much…

— David Baldacci

If my ambition was to stay a manager the rest of my life, then I'd probably follow what people think managers are…

— Scooter Braun

Acting was a way out at first. A way out of not knowing what to do, a way of focusing ambitions. And…

— Harrison Ford

Self-respect is the best respect! I have confidence, ambitions, goals, and knowledge. I will be somebody because of who I am and…

— Sarah Moores

Golf is an open exhibition of overweening ambition, courage deflated by stupidity, skill soured by a whiff of arrogance.

— Alistair Cooke

I started to notice that simpleness is divine. I think we all start trying to use very complex harmonies and rhythms and…

— Yoko Ono

Ambition devours gold and drinks blood and climbs so high by other men's heads, that at the length in the fall, it…

— Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford

Moreover, they [the Central Asian Republics] are of importance from the standpoint of security and historical ambitions to at least three of…

— Zbigniew Brzezinski

Dublin and the Irish music scene in general has the exact same thing going on that Nashville has. Where authenticity is regarded…

— CMAT

“For the book was also about ambition. About wanting to be the biggest, the best, the most famous at any cost. It…

— Emma Carroll

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

— Les Wexner

Like a goddess on her azure hill, the star of my ambition, the mistress of my dream; a thing apart, that we…

— William Batchelder Greene

“We ought to take what our Master has given us and return it to Him with interest (Matt. 25:26–27). But ambition can…

— Hannah K. Grieser

Id be lying if I said Hollywood wasnt still an ambition; its everyones, isnt it? Youre getting paid very well, youre working…

— Max Beesley

I have a deep-seated distrust and even contempt for people who are driven by ambition to conquer the world … those who…

— Saul Leiter

If you don't have ambitions then you're not a football player.

— Patrick van Aanholt

Predictions of failure have never stopped those whose ambitions are driven by their unwavering vision.

— Nabil N Jamal

“Talent without money, coach, vision and mission is a piteous adventure.”

— Michael Bassey Johnson

“Let people stick to their philosophy, you stick to your passion.”

— Amit Kalantri

'Intensity' is a good word. It's like ambition, if it's not ambition at expense of someone else.

— Thom Tillis

My ambition is to work in quality projects and make a name for myself.

— Shweta Menon

Let go of all the desires that hinders your progress and move towards your purpose.

— Bokamoso Bruce Tlhwaele

Above average intelligence has always run in my family. Ambition, however, has always walked with a limp.

— Jeff MacNelly

Be ambitious, but never compromise yourself or anyone else to get to where you want to be.

— Anonymous

I instantly chucked my academic ambitions and began writing fiction full-time.

— Peter Straub

Men are more often bribed by their loyalties and ambitions than by money.

— Anonymous

“Employing your imagination is the first step to the fulfillment of any dream.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

My ambition isn't just to be successful in showbusiness - it's to be a successful person.

— Lee Evans

“Manny, what are you doing working in auto parts?” “Resting. My ambition is handicapped by laziness.”

— Charles Bukowski

Work with those who share in your dreams or you'll waste your time working with those who don't.

— Terry Mark

I have a unique ambition for a politician. I am the first aspiring education secretary to want less power not more.

— Damian Green