Ambition Quote by Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle

Without ambition no conquests are made, and no business created. Ambition is the root of all achievement.

— James A. Champy

We don't want to conquer the cosmos, we simply want to extend the boundaries of Earth to the frontiers of the cosmos.

— Anonymous

Ambition is at the very core of success and extraordinary achievement. Unlike greed, it's a powerful, creative and constructive force.

— Jim Rohn

“The earth is a very small stage in a vast cosmic arena. Think of the rivers of blood spilled by all those generals and…

— Carl Sagan

As far as I am concerned, ambition is the most dangerous occupation in the world. I have never been ambitious, or if I have,…

— Marco Pierre White

Ambition is a commendable attribute, without which no man succeeds. Only inconsiderate ambition imperils.

— Warren G. Harding

“Of all the sciences cultivated by mankind, Astronomy is acknowledged to be, and undoubtedly is, the most sublime, the most interesting, and the most…

— Neil deGrasse Tyson

Ambition is the grand enemy of all peace.

— John Cowper Powys

Ambition displeases when it has been sated ... having reached the peak, it aspires to descend.

— Pierre Corneille

Astronomy to the selfish becomes astrology.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

To forego even ambition when the end is gained - who can say this is not greatness?

— William Makepeace Thackeray

“Astronomy is, not without reason, regarded, by mankind, as the sublimest of the natural sciences. Its objects so frequently visible, and therefore familiar, being…

— Benjamin Silliman