Ambition Quotes

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Don't quack like a duck, soar like an eagle. — Ken Blanchard
In essence, I set myself the objective of doing what I feel is right without having any ambition. — Andrea Bocelli
Great ambition is the passion of a great character. Those endowed with it may perform very good or very bad acts. All depends on the… — Napoleon Bonaparte
Ambition never is in a greater hurry that I; it merely keeps pace with circumstances and with my general way of thinking. — Napoleon Bonaparte
It's stasis that kills you off in the end, not ambition. — Unknown Author
May the same Almighty Goodness banish the accursed monster, war, from all lands, with her hated associates, rapine and insatiable ambition! — Daniel Boone
In ambition, as in love, the successful can afford to be indulgent toward their rivals. The prize our own, it is graceful to recognize the… — Christian Nestell Bovee
Ambition is the path to success. Persistence is the vehicle you arrive in. — Bill Bradley
Like dogs in a wheel, birds in a cage, or squirrels in a chain, ambitious men still climb and climb, with great labor, and incessant… — Robert Burton
A young man without ambition is an old man waiting to be. — Steven Brust
The slave has but one master, the ambitious man has as many as there are persons whose aid may contribute to the advancement of his… — Jean de la Bruyere
I don't wait for moods. You accomplish nothing if you do that. Your mind must know it has got to get down to work. — Pearl S. Buck
This source of corruption, alas, is inherent in the democratic system itself, and it can only be controlled, if at all, by finding ways to… — James L. Buckley
Ambition can creep as well as soar. — Edmund Burke
A youthful mind is seldom totally free from ambition; to curb that, is the first step to contentment, since to diminish expectation is to increase… — Fanny Burney
Far away there in the sunshine are my highest aspirations. I may not reach them, but I can look up and see their beauty, believe… — Louisa May Alcott
The men who succeed are the efficient few. They are the few who have the ambition and will power to develop themselves. — Robert Burton
You have to leave the city of your comfort and go into the wilderness of your intuition. What you'll discover will be wonderful. What you'll… — Alan Alda
Anybody with artistic ambitions is always trying to reconnect with the way they saw things as a child. — Tim Burton
America is a Nation with a mission - and that mission comes from our most basic beliefs. We have no desire to dominate, no ambitions… — George W. Bush

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