Things happen for a reason Quote by Anonymous

What we take for high-mindedness is very often no other than ambition well disguised, that scorns means interests, only to pursuegreater.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

High thinking is inconsistent with a complicated material life based on high speed and imposed on us by mammon worship.

— Mahatma Gandhi

Both as to high and low indifferently, men are prepossessed, charmed, fascinated by success; successful crimes are praised very much like virtue itself, and…

— Jean de la Bruyere

A mind that is conscious of its integrity scorns to say more than it means to perform.

— Robert Burns

There is scarce any passion so heartily decried by moralists and satirists, as AMBITION; and yet, methinks, ambition is not a vice but in…

— Fulke Greville, 1st Baron Brooke

“When you're part of something special, you have to cherish it and defend it against many outside distractions and temptations. But nothing is more…

— Adam Braun

I am inclined by nature to be optimistic about the capacity of a person to rise higher than he or she has thought possible…

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

Ambition is a lust that is never quenched, but grows more inflamed and madder by enjoyment.

— Thomas Otway

“preoccupation with fantasies of success; exhibitionism and insatiable attention-getting maneuvers;”

— Joan D. Chittister

I think in many ways narrow minded-attitudes lead to extreme thinking.

— Dalai Lama

Ambition is a lust that's never quenched, Grows more inflated, and madder by enjoyment. - TOtway

— Anonymous

I think it's a very firm part of human nature that if you surround yourself with like-minded people, you'll end up thinking more extreme…

— Cass Sunstein