Ambition Quotes

2147 Ambition quotes by 1378 unique authors

Avarice is generally the last passion of those lives of which the first part has been squandered in pleasure, and the second devoted to ambition.… — Samuel Johnson
One moment it was there, another moment it is gone. One moment we are here, and another moment we have gone. And for this simple… — Rajneesh
Empty me of the selfishness inside, every vain ambition and the poison of my pride, and any foolish thing my heart holds to, Lord empty… — Unknown Author
Jesus, all for Jesus, all I am and have and ever hope to be. All of my ambitions, hopes and plans, I surrender these into… — Unknown Author
I would rather win souls than be the greatest king or emperor on earth; I would rather win souls than be the greatest general that… — Reuben Archer Torrey
I know of nothing which I would choose to have as the subject of my ambition for life than to be kept faithful to my… — Charles Spurgeon
People who think that Sylvia Plath was a poor, sensitive poet are not getting that she had great amounts of ambition and anger that moved… — Elizabeth Wurtzel
Level 5 leaders are differentiated from other levels of leaders in that they have a wonderful blend of personal humility combined with extraordinary professional will.… — James C. Collins
The best CEOs in our research display tremendous ambition for their company combined with the stoic will to do whatever it takes, no matter how… — James C. Collins
Take away ambition and vanity, and where will be your heroes and patriots? — Seneca the Younger
What likelihood is there of corrupting a man who has no ambition. — Samuel Richardson
Ambition and love are the wings of great actions. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
On why I don't trust democracy without extremely powerful systems of accountability and recall What seems to be generosity is often only disguised ambition -… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
He had ambitions, at one time, to become a sex maniac, but he failed his practical. — Les Dawson
The writer has a grudge against society, which he documents with accounts of unsatisfying sex, unrealized ambition, unmitigated loneliness, and a sense of local and… — Renata Adler
The writer has a grudge against society, which he documents with accounts of unsatisfying sex, unrealized ambition, unmitigated loneliness, and a sense of local and… — Renata Adler
The person who is free of sexuality, whose sexuality has become a transformed phenomenon, is also free of money, is also free of ambition, is… — Rajneesh
Buddha introduced the idea that young people should become sannyasins. Then it is something significant. When a young person goes beyond sex, when a young… — Rajneesh
It would seem that Our Lord finds our desires not too strong, but too weak. We are half-hearted creatures, fooling about with drink and sex… — C.S. Lewis
Ambition is like love, impatient both of delays and rivals. — Gautama Buddha
Ambition breaks the ties of blood, and forgets the obligations of gratitude. — Sallust
I had ambition not only to go farther than any man had ever been before, but as far as it was possible for a man… — James R Cook
It is the nature of ambition to make men liars and cheats, to hide the truth in their breasts, and show, like jugglers, another thing… — Sallust
Very few people are ambitious in the sense of having a specific image of what they want to achieve. Most people's sights are only toward… — Judith M Bardwick
Ambition drove many men to become false; to have one thought locked in the breast, another ready on the tongue. — Sallust

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