Man is by nature competitive, combative, ambitious, jealous, envious, and vengeful. — Arthur Keith Copy Share Image
The ambitious sacrifices all to what he terms honor, as the miser all to money. — Johann Kaspar Lavater Copy Share Image
“Yeast is to flour as action is to ambition. Rising to success requires adding and alternating starters.” — Ryan Lilly Copy Share Image
Remember that the idea will expand, and become more ambitious as you go. — Sam Altman Copy Share Image
I'm not a particularly ambitious actress. I love to go and do my work, head down in the dirt, and be the… — Melissa Leo Copy Share Image
I think when people talk about ambition and talking to him, it might have seemed that he wasn't ambitious. — Alan Hansen Copy Share Image
I think I benefited from being equal parts ambitious and curious. And of the two, curiosity has served me best. — Michael J. Fox Copy Share Image
Ryan and Rob are really ambitious and phenomenally successful in all they do. In football they don't want it to be any… — Paul Mullin Copy Share Image
Very few people are ambitious in the sense of having a specific image of what they want to achieve. Most people's sights… — Judith M Bardwick Copy Share Image
Our parents were really, really grounded people but also really ambitious people, meaning they saw our ambition and were willing to help… — Isaac Hanson Copy Share Image
I don't lobby where work is concerned. As long as I know I've got something coming up, I don't really worry. It's… — Kelly Macdonald Copy Share Image
“What ambitious story could you turn your life into? You can’t start over. You have to use only what’s in the toolbox—and… — Elizabeth Hyde Stevens Copy Share Image
They [i.e. ambitious men] may not cease, but as a dog in a wheel, a bird in a cage, or a squirrel… — Robert Burton Copy Share Image
If a man is secure enough to allow his partner to go out and express herself, and if he does not feel… — Arjun Kapoor Copy Share Image
Biryani can be an elaborate, ambitious affair, packed with layer upon layer of spiced meat and vegetables all steaming together with ghee. — Sohla El-Waylly Copy Share Image
Ever since I was little I was really ambitious and driven, and it was my dream to compete with the best girls… — Ajla Tomljanovic Copy Share Image
'Salaryitis' is when you become so accustomed to that salary that you no longer have the gumption to pull out of the… — E. Joseph Cossman Copy Share Image
Ambitions for self may be quite modest. . . . Ambitions for God, however, if they are to be worthy, can never… — John Stott Copy Share Image
Adult librarians are like lazy bakers: their patrons want a jelly doughnut, so they give them a jelly doughnut. Children’s librarians are… — John Green Copy Share Image
For my part I am very sorry for him. It is an uneasy lot at best, to be what we call highly… — George Eliot Copy Share Image
It was special with me being from Memphis and knowing the history of the venue, knowing all of the artists who performed… — Yo Gotti Copy Share Image
Ive been asked about ambition before and I dont feel that ambitious because I started so young and it was very fun.… — Winona Ryder Copy Share Image
For men tied fast to the absolute, bled of their differences, drained of their dreams by authoritarian leeches until nothing but pulp… — Lillian Smith Copy Share Image
It's seen as dirty to be ambitious. What if U2 weren't ambitious? We wouldn't have that gift we have from them. — Brandon Flowers Copy Share Image
The ambitious deceive themselves in proposing an end to their ambition; that end, when attained, becomes a means. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
When you live for a strong purpose, then hard work isnt an option. Its a necessity. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I am very ambitious in a way, in that I'm not trying to be the richest guy or whatever. I just really… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
I used to think that driving, sleepless, ambitious labor was what you needed to succeed. — Charles Kuralt Copy Share Image