Ambition Quotes

2147 Ambition quotes by 1378 unique authors

Ambition is a poor excuse for not having sense enough to be lazy. — Milan Kundera
I've learned a great deal about a certain type of filmmaking. But I have ambitions toward another type of filmmaking that I haven't been allowed… — Shia LaBeouf
My ambition was to be a record producer, and I had started doing that in the late '60s with my work with the MC5 and… — Jon Landau
All men dream, but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds, wake in the day to find that… — T.E. Lawrence
Women who seek to be equal with men lack ambition. — Timothy Leary
A goal is not always meant to be reached, it often serves simply as something to aim at. — Bruce Lee
Every man is said to have his peculiar ambition. Whether it be true or not, I can say for one that I have no other… — Abraham Lincoln
Once you learn to quit, it becomes a habit. — Vince Lombardi
Ambition is so powerful a passion in the human breast, that however high we reach we are never satisfied. — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Most people would succeed in small things if they were not troubled with great ambitions. — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Greatly begin. Though thou have time, but for a line, be that sublime. Not failure, but low aim is crime. — James Russell Lowell
I'm no good at anything but comedy, which I think I'm good at. I'm absolutely no good at networking; I'm terrible at acting; I'm terrible… — Norm MacDonald
Men rise from one ambition to another: first, they seek to secure themselves against attack, and then they attack others. — Niccolo Machiavelli
Nature that framed us of four elements, warring within our breasts for regiment, doth teach us all to have aspiring minds. — Niccolo Machiavelli
I did not want to be depressed by the gap existing between my weakness and my ambition. — Ella Maillart
My first career ambitions involved turning into a boy; I intended to be either a railway guard or a knight errant. — Hilary Mantel
Nothing else so destroys the power to stand alone as the habit of leaning upon others. If you lean, you will never be strong or… — Orison Swett Marden
Our destiny changes with our thought; we shall become what we wish to become, do what we wish to do, when our habitual thought corresponds… — Orison Swett Marden
Me only have one ambition, y'know. I only have one thing I really like to see happen. I like to see mankind live together -… — Bob Marley
It's a funny thing about life; if you refuse to accept anything but the best, you very often get it. — W. Somerset Maugham
Do not let your ambitions become a sanctuary for your failures. — Bryant H. McGill
Do not let your grand ambitions stand in the way of small but meaningful accomplishments. — Bryant H. McGill
I wanted to be a doctor at one point and I also wanted to be a pilot. I think if you grow up in a… — James McAvoy
Ambition is not what a man would do, but what a man does, for ambition without action is fantasy. — Bryant H. McGill
If you want more, you have to require more from yourself. — Phil McGraw

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