Ambition Quotes

2147 Ambition quotes by 1378 unique authors

Ambition never comes to an end. — Yoshida Kenko
Every man is said to have his peculiar ambition. — Abraham Lincoln
It is the constant fault and inseparable evil quality of ambition, that it never looks behind it. — Seneca the Younger
The person who starts out simply with the idea of getting rich won't succeed; you must have a larger ambition. There is no mystery in… — John D. Rockefeller
Everything that anyone respects is what men naturally excel at: fighting, accruing wealth, playing at power.... — Janet Morris
As falls the dew on quenchless sands, blood only serves to wash ambition's hands. — Lord Byron
Without ambition one starts nothing. Without work one finishes nothing. The prize will not be sent to you. You have to win it. The man… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
He who tip-toes cannot stand; he who strides cannot walk. — Laozi
I shall strike the stars with my unlifted head. — Horace
Nothing is too high for the daring of mortals: we storm heaven itself in our folly. — Horace
Ambition has its disappointments to sour us, but never the good fortune to satisfy us. Its appetite grows keener by indulgence and all we can… — Benjamin Franklin
The passion of self-aggrandizement is persistent but plastic; it will never disappear from a vigorous mind, but may become morally higher by attaching itself to… — Charles Horton Cooley
What I aspired to be and was not, comforts me. — Robert Browning
My ambition is to have beautiful encounters, not to make money. — Juliette Binoche
My ambition is to be happy. — Penelope Cruz
A man can't just sit around. — Larry Walters
If your energy is as boundless as your ambition, total commitment may be a way of life you should seriously consider — Joyce Brothers
We grow small trying to be great. — E. Stanley Jones
We're going to try and recruit the very best people we can and produce the best papers we can, and publish them to the highest… — Conrad Black
The Greens will continue to champion a fairer society rather than simply the economy and to champion the parliament rather than simply the stock exchange… — Bob Brown
I'm probably never going to be satisfied with anything we do. I think there's always the possibility of doing better. And I'd say we're doing… — Steve Case
I like to build things, I like to do things. I am having a lot of fun . — Walter Chrysler
To succeed in life in today's world, you must have the will and tenacity to finish the job . — Chin-Ning Chu
I'd always had a childhood ambition to go into the investment capital business, and spent twenty-odd years in it. But the thought of spending the… — Chris Corrigan
Businesses are made by people. We've proven time and time again that you can have wonderful shop, and put a bloke in there who's no… — Gerry Harvey

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