Ambition Quotes

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Greek myths are heroic, noble and tragic; but the American Dream is heroic, comical, and uplifting. Americans are a people in whom overweening ambition is… — John C. Wright
Our own grandchildren may demonstrate that-sometimes- Gigantic is Beautiful. — Arthur C. Clarke
I am responsible only to God and history. — Francisco Franco
The childhood shows the man As morning shows the day. Be famous then By wisdom; as thy empire must extend, So let extend thy mind… — John Milton
Your attitude determines your altitude. Your ambitions are bigger than life Of course. They must be. They encompass it. — Bruce Sterling
Here is the Divine Dichotomy... The way to 'get there' is to 'be there'. Just be where you choose to get!' It's that simple. — Neale Donald Walsch
If you don't know where you are going, then how will you get there? VISUALISE! Make pictures in your mind. See the desination. Imagine your… — Bryce Courtenay
What is right for one soul may not be right for another. It may mean having to stand on your own and do something strange… — Eileen Caddy
My sole literary ambition is to write one good novel, then retire to my hut in the desert, assume the lotus position, compose my mind… — Edward Abbey
Meditation is like light: when meditation comes, politics disappears. So you cannot be meditative and political. That is impossible: you are asking for the impossible.… — Rajneesh
For a people, as for an individual, it is tragic to have ambitions and to lack both the means essential to their fulfillment and any… — Adolf Hitler
Evil men, obsessed with ambition and unburdened by conscience, must be taken very seriously-and we must stop them before their crimes can multiply. — George W. Bush
Love of power, operating through greed and through personal ambition, was the cause of all these evils. — Thucydides
The man who starts out simply with the idea of getting rich won't succeed, you must have a larger ambition. — John D. Rockefeller
The ambitious are forever followed by adulation for they receive the most pleasure from flattery. — Oliver Goldsmith
Ambition has one heel nailed in well, though she stretch her fingers to touch the heavens. — William Lilly
If you have a great ambition, take as big a step as possible in the direction of fulfilling it. The step may only be a… — Mildred H. McAfee
Ambition is a lust that is never quenched, but grows more inflamed and madder by enjoyment. — Thomas Otway
Where there are large powers with little ambition... nature may be said to have fallen short of her purposes. — Henry Taylor
Ambition is not what man does... but what man would do. — Robert Browning

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