I'm all for ambition and stretch goals. I set them for myself. But leadership isn't the same as cheerleading. Believing in something… — Margaret Heffernan Copy Share Image
“To lay aside what you have in your head (selfish desires and ambitions); to freely bestow what you have in your hand;… — Paramahansa Yogananda Copy Share Image
Without my mother's ambition, her drive, I doubt that on my own I would have pushed myself out of Pozzuoli and into… — Sophia Loren Copy Share Image
The strongest passions and most dangerous weaknesses of the human breast; ambition, avarice, vanity, the honorable or venal love of fame, are… — James Madison Copy Share Image
Growth begins with looking at those things we desire most and finding the bliss in working towards them, not in achieving them. — Senora Roy Copy Share Image
“If you make your own rules in life, rather than going by those laid down by others, you find that it becomes… — Neil Walker Copy Share Image
I applied a lot of the same principles I used in hockey into my acting. I might have had some naive ambitions… — Vincent Piazza Copy Share Image
I have a personal ambition to live my life honestly and honor the true love that I've had and also the people… — Lana Del Rey Copy Share Image
“Let no one ever intimidate you, you are standing on no one's ground. But again, some have claimed the earth as their… — Bangambiki Habyarimana Copy Share Image
We must distinguish between felicity and prosperity; for prosperity leads often to ambition, and ambition to disappointment; the course is then over,… — Walter Savage Landor Copy Share Image
As a shy kid growing up in Sheffield, I fantasized about how it would be great to be famous so I wouldn't… — Jarvis Cocker Copy Share Image
“There’s not a stone or leaf or life that men won’t put a name to. It gives them a nice safe box… — Parke Godwin Copy Share Image
“Sometimes in church circles, we talk more about contentment (which is a good thing) but it can minimize the importance of ambition—that… — Carolyn McCulley Copy Share Image
I am old enough to think the word 'journalist' is not all that noble a designation. Journalist - that record keeper, quote… — Michael Wolff Copy Share Image
America is capable at single moments of receiving the depth and the breadth of the homiletical vision of black America when a… — Michael Eric Dyson Copy Share Image
“A world that confuses luxury with success, has absolutely zero understanding of the human condition. That's why they idolize rich and filthy… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
Devote yourself to the idea. Go make it happen. Struggle on it. Overcome your fears, smile. Dont forget: this is your dream. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“The world needs great inspires, who will encourage every living soul to reach their highest potential. You can be one.” — Lailah Gifty Akita Copy Share Image
I was born into a family of gospel singers. My early ambitions were many. I was going to be a ballerina. I… — Dionne Warwick Copy Share Image
He (William Cort) had some desire to be successful, but it did not burn so strongly in him that he was prepared… — Iain Pears Copy Share Image
When I read about Gram Parsons' dream of this Cosmic American Music when I was in my late teens, that stuck with… — Richard Ashcroft Copy Share Image
I have always had that drive and ambition to keep on top of my fitness and look after my body, because it… — Scott McTominay Copy Share Image
My ambition has always been to reduce a building's support to a minimum. The more we diminish supporting structures, the more audacious… — Oscar Niemeyer Copy Share Image
Being non-commercial is never an ambition. Movies come together at different points for fortuitous reasons. You do them as you get the… — Ethan Coen Copy Share Image
“The burning ambition of my life was to marry her one day. The consuming worry of my life was to whether she… — Vikas Swarup Copy Share Image
I do not fear failure. I only fear the slowing up of the engine inside of me which is pounding, saying, Keep… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Unfortunately, here as elsewhere on this touching planet, imitation is the watchword and prestige the highest ambition.” — J.D. Salinger Copy Share Image
Teach me. Lord, my true condition; Bring me childlike to Thy knee; Stripped of every low ambition, Willing to be led by… — Henry Francis Lyte Copy Share Image
The profit motive, when it is the sole basis of an economic system, encourages a cutthroat competition and selfish ambition that inspires… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
Religion united its influence with those of loyalty and love, and the order of knighthood, endowed with all the sanctity and religious… — Thomas Bulfinch Copy Share Image
I promised myself that if ever I had some money that I would savor a cigar each day after lunch and dinner.… — W. Somerset Maugham Copy Share Image
I'm proud of my long career but playing in the World Cup is something special for any player. There is no limit… — Essam El Hadary Copy Share Image
The basic goal-reaching principle is to understand that you go as far as you can see, and when you get there you… — Zig Ziglar Copy Share Image
Initially I only decided to try and write a novel because I wasn't getting enough screenwriting work. It wasn't a long-held ambition,… — Stef Penney Copy Share Image
“the big house and the nice suits and the other things that our money culture says you should buy ... betrays a… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
A tomato may be a fruit, but it is a singular fruit. A savory fruit. A fruit that has ambitions far beyond… — E. Lockhart Copy Share Image
A people armed and free, forms a barrier against the enterprises of ambition and is a bulwark for the nation against foreign… — James Madison Copy Share Image
With the ambitious, the failure of one expedient is the suggestion of another; but with the irresolute, defeat usually occasions abandonment of… — Norm MacDonald Copy Share Image
Being kind is the most important thing Ive ever been taught. Thats what my parents always told me - more important than… — Rafe Spall Copy Share Image
My great joy is to give form to reality. Music is a great release, a great enjoyment to me. Eventually I'd like… — Jim Morrison Copy Share Image
