Ambition Quotes

2147 Ambition quotes by 1378 unique authors

The sculptor will chip off all unnecessary material to set free the angel. Nature will chip and pound us remorselessly to bring out our possibilities.… — Orison Swett Marden
Ambition, like a torrent, never looks back. — Ben Jonson
When ambition enters, creativity disappears - because an ambitious man cannot be creative, because an ambitious man cannot love any activity for its own sake.… — Rajneesh
Wherever there is desire and ambition, you are in bondage. — Rajneesh
The family gives you ambition, and ambition is one of the hindrances for enlightenment. It gives you desires, it gives you a longing to be… — Rajneesh
We start making every child ambitious, and ambition means you cannot love; ambition is anti-love. Ambition needs fight, ambition needs struggle, ambition needs you to… — Rajneesh
Love says respect the other as an end unto himself or herself; never use the other as a means. Nobody is a means for you,… — Rajneesh
Every child is born sane, and then, slowly slowly, we civilize him - we call it the process of civilization. We prepare him to become… — Rajneesh
The whole society depends on creating ambition in you. Ambition means a conflict, ambition means that whatsoever you are, you are wrong - you have… — Rajneesh
Man wants two contradictory things together: he wants peace and he is ambitious. It is impossible. If you are ambitious, then your mind is bound… — Rajneesh
Mind is politics, because mind is ambitious and ambition is the root of politics. If you are ambitious you are political. Your ambition may take… — Rajneesh
All political power, all power as such, is stupid. Don't rush after it, don't be ambitious, because all ambition collects dust and only dust. If… — Rajneesh
Each child is poisoned by the society through teaching him ambition. Ambition is a poison far more dangerous than any alcohol can ever be, far… — Rajneesh
The whole blame goes to the parents. They have lived as ambitious beings; they have destroyed themselves. Now they go on giving their heritage to… — Rajneesh
This is a very fundamental reason why man cannot become meditative - or why very few men have dared to become meditative. Our training is… — Rajneesh
The moment one starts sharing one`s being without any motive life becomes a sweet fragrance. It is all honey. Then everything remains the same, yet… — Rajneesh
Expectation brings frustration. Private ambitions bring failures. — Rajneesh
This ego has all the desires, ambitions, wants to be always on the top of everything. You are exploited by this ego. And this never… — Rajneesh
A small child has no ambitions, he has no desires. He is so absorbed in the moment - a bird on the wing catches his… — Rajneesh
Mind is nothing but dreams and dreams - dreams of the past, dreams of the future, dreams of how things should be, dreams of great… — Rajneesh
The ego can exist only with goals, ambitions, desires. — Rajneesh
In order to understand what is meant by the word 'brain' as it is used by neuroscientists, we must bear in mind the evidence that… — John Zachary Young
Tell the students to give up their small ambitions and come eastward to preach the gospel of Christ. — Francis Xavier
Drugs are the enemies of ambition and hope - and when we fight against drugs we are fighting for the future. — Bob Riley
You win by effort, by commitment, by ambition, by quality, by expressing yourself individually but in the team context. — Jose Mourinho

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