Ambition Quotes

2147 Ambition quotes by 1378 unique authors

It should be the highest ambition of every American to extend his views beyond himself, and to bear in mind that his conduct will not… — George Washington
While we may not live to see the full realization of our ambition, we will have the satisfaction of knowing that the world we leave… — Barack Obama
If we are to have another contest in the near future of our national existence, I predict that the dividing line will not be Mason… — Ulysses S. Grant
To live in an evolutionary spirit means to engage with full ambition and without any reserve in the structure of the present, and yet to… — Unknown Author
Capitalism demands the best of every man - his rationality - and rewards him accordingly. It leaves every man free to choose the work he… — Ayn Rand
Besides the advantage of being armed, which the Americans possess over the people of almost every other nation, the existence of subordinate governments, to which… — James Madison
If people would forget about utopia! When rationalism destroyed heaven and decided to set it up here on earth, that most terrible of all goals… — Nadine Gordimer
You are not in business to be popular. — Kirstie Alley
Making fun of anyone who seeks happiness rather than money and accusing them of "lacking ambition." — Paulo Coelho
I confess I am at a loss to discover what temptation the persons entrusted with the administration of the general government could ever feel to… — Alexander Hamilton
The scheme of separate confederacies, which will always multiply the chances of ambition, will be a never failing bait to all such influential characters in… — Alexander Hamilton
How could a readiness for war in time of peace be safely prohibited, unless we could prohibit, in like manner, the preparations and establishments of… — James Madison
America united with a handful of troops, or without a single soldier, exhibits a more forbidding posture to foreign ambition than America disunited, with a… — James Madison
The common faults of American language are an ambition of effect, a want of simplicity, and a turgid abuse of terms. — James F. Cooper
It is indolence... Indolence and love of ease; a want of all laudable ambition, of taste for good company, or of inclination to take the… — Jane Austen
The imagination of a boy is healthy, and the mature imagination of a man is healthy; but there is a space of life between, in… — John Keats
The aim of life is some way of living, as flexible and gentle as human nature; so that ambition may stoop to kindness, and philosophy… — George Santayana
My passions are all asleep from my having slumbered till nearly eleven and weakened the animal fiber all over me to a delightful sensation about… — John Keats
Feminist art is not some tiny creek running off the great river of real art. It is not some crack in an otherwise flawless stone.… — Andrea Dworkin
No compact among men . . . can be pronounced everlasting and inviolable, and if I may so express myself, that no Wall of words,… — George Washington
Ambition makes the same mistake concerning power that avarice makes concerning wealth. She begins by accumulating power as a means to happiness, and she finishes… — Charles Caleb Colton
The nature of a society is largely determined by the direction in which talent and ambition flowby the tilt of the social landscape. — Eric Hoffer
The international monetary order is more precarious by far today than it was in 1929. Then, gold was international money, incorruptible, unmanageable, and unchangeable. Today,… — Hans F. Sennholz
Ordinary people do not question the commonly accepted version of reality. They conform to the standard values of subduing enemies and cherishing friends and family.… — Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche
The place of the arts in the classroom is essential in encouraging invention, ambition, and an understanding of the importance and pleasures of living an… — Barbara Kruger

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