Ambition Quote by Alan Cohen

Make it your ambition to lead a quiet life, to mind your own business and to work with your hands, just as we told…

— Anonymous

I found during the course of my political career on the national scene there's a point where the vanity burns away and you've had…

— Barack Obama

I'm very goal-oriented. I do see myself doing something in public service.

— Michelle Kwan

If you have a great ambition, take as big a step as possible in the direction of fulfilling it. The step may only be…

— Mildred H. McAfee

Be passionate about who you are and what you stand for. Set an example for others to follow.

— Anonymous

I have no other view than to promote the public good, and am unambitious of honors not founded in the approbation of my Country.

— George Washington

You have to accept that if you do a public job you're going to be publicly satirised. You have to build a carapace: if…

— Angela Rippon

If I want to continue to build the kind of effort we have with Do Something, being in a public office would help. I…

— Andrew Shue

I have enormous personal ambition. I want to shift the entire planet. And I'm doing it. I am now a famous person. I represent…

— Newt Gingrich

If doing a good act in public will excite others to do more good, then 'Let your light shine to all.' Miss no opportunity…

— John Wesley

You need lofty goals. Then cement it with a great work ethic.

— Jerry West

I will never work merely to make a reputation for myself, to be popular for appearances rather than for what I am. My task…

— King Hussein I