The object of ambition, unlike that of love, never being wholly possessed, ambition is the more durable passion of the two. — Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton Copy Share Image
The devil tempts men through their ambition, their cupidity, or their appetite, until he comes to the profane swearer, whom he clutches… — Horace Mann Copy Share Image
Some are slaves of ambition or money, but others are interested in understanding life itself. These give themselves the name of philosophers… — Pythagoras Copy Share Image
Can you give someone a bad name for wanting to be ambitious? For wanting to move onto bigger things? That person is… — Michail Antonio Copy Share Image
I totally enjoy what I'm doing and bringing joy into people's lives. To me, and if I can bring one second of… — Michael Jackson Copy Share Image
“Those with less curiosity or ambition just mumble that God works in mysterious ways. I intend to catch him in the act.” — Damien Echols Copy Share Image
Men seek to be great; they would have offices, wealth, power, and fame. They think that to be great is to possess… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
If your ambition comes at the price of an unbalanced life, that there's nothing else that gives you comfort but success, it's… — Doris Kearns Goodwin Copy Share Image
“After much effort to live up to a glorious standard there came fatigue, wan hope, and boredom. I experienced extreme boredom. I… — Saul Bellow Copy Share Image
If we are to have another contest in the near future of our national existence, I predict that the dividing line will… — Ulysses S. Grant Copy Share Image
My dreams of taking the West End by storm as a dancer flickered but then faded; my father's ambition to see me… — Betty Boothroyd Copy Share Image
I acquired more wealth, power, and prestige than most. But you can acquire all you want and still feel empty. What power… — Lee Atwater Copy Share Image
The talk shows are stuffed full of sufferers who have regained their health--congressmen who suffered through a serious spell of boozing and… — Calvin Trillin Copy Share Image
Christianity persecuted, tortured, and burned. Like a hound it tracked the very scent of heresy. It kindled wars, and nursed furious hatreds… — George Santayana Copy Share Image
In the past we have always assumed that the external world around us has represented reality, however confusing or uncertain, and that… — J. G. Ballard Copy Share Image
From the loving example of one family a whole State may become loving, and from its courtesies, courteous; while from the ambition… — Confucius Copy Share Image
Ambition is a priceless trait, it is grown and cultured in each and every individual that it lies in, and in some… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Nothing ever happens for dreamers and talkers; opportunity must be seized or created by sheer force of will and ambition. ” — Robert A. Rice, Jr 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
While we may not live to see the full realization of our ambition, we will have the satisfaction of knowing that the… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Your ambition should be to get as much life out of living as you possibly can, as much enjoyment, as much interest,… — Eleanor Roosevelt Copy Share Image
It is ambition enough to be employed as an under-labourer in clearing the ground a little, and removing some of the rubbish… — John Locke Copy Share Image
How sweet the morning air is! ...How small we feel with our petty ambitions and strivings in the presence of the great… — Arthur Conan Doyle Copy Share Image
Nobility of spirit has more to do with simplicity than ostentation, wisdom rather than wealth, commitment rather than ambition. — Riccardo Muti Copy Share Image
“Every success I have ever had or will have in the future comes not solely from my own ambition and hard work,… — T.S. Tate Copy Share Image
“Never settle for the lesser ambition. The job, the title, the conventional loyalties and rewards. Stay focused on the larger ambition, which… — David Ignatius Copy Share Image
I am honoured to be appointed as the first chief executive of UKRI. My ambition is to make UKRI the world's leading… — Mark Walport Copy Share Image
Among those best known, their highest ambition is to build American homes, possess American furniture, dress in American clothes, adopt the American… — Sheldon Jackson Copy Share Image
A writer's ambition should be to trade a hundred contemporary readers for ten readers in ten years' time and for one reader… — Arthur Koestler Copy Share Image
Love and friendship, two of life's abiding rewards, are endangered species in Hollywood. People crave both, mistaking alliance for friendship, lust for… — Lynda Obst Copy Share Image
We should all make an effort to realize our dream with our full capacity, and get started on our goals with vision… — Anil Sinha Copy Share Image
“In the closeness of the passage, the queen could smell the other woman's perfume, a musky scent that spoke of moss and… — George R.R. Martin Copy Share Image
It is love and friendship, the sanctity and celebration of our relationships, that not only support a good life, but create one.… — Wallace Stegner Copy Share Image
Stay true to yourself. Take everyday challenges in your stride and strive to make a journey of life exactly what you dream… — Anil Sinha Copy Share Image
I think there are lots of ways to exercise ambition and accomplish things using leadership without going into elected politics. So, categorically,… — Chris Hadfield Copy Share Image
Starting point for any achievement is desire, Desire propels innovation. Innovation ignites passion & passion fuels to make your dream a reality. — Anil Sinha Copy Share Image
Let us see how high we can fly before the sun melts the wax in our wings. About the ambitious pursuit of… — E. O. Wilson Copy Share Image
“Of knowing that there is a larger energy and force that can crush our ambitions and plans in the blink of an… — A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Copy Share Image
Love makes money-grabbing seem contemptible; love makes class prejudice impossible; love makes selfish ambition a thing to be despised; love converts enemies… — William Jennings Bryan Copy Share Image
“Ill-weaved ambition, how much art thou shrunk! When that this body did contain a spirit a kingdom for it was to small… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
