Ambitions Quotes

387 Ambitions quotes by 324 unique authors

I had the lonely child's habit of making up stories and holding conversations with imaginary persons, and I think from the very start my literary… — George Orwell
The family is the corner stone of our society. More than any other force it shapes the attitude, the hopes, the ambitions, and the values… — Lyndon B. Johnson
Well-being and happiness never appeared to me as an absolute aim. I am even inclined to compare such moral aims to the ambitions of a… — Albert Einstein
The perfection of wisdom, and the end of true philosophy is to proportion our wants to our possessions, our ambitions to our capacities, we will… — Mark Twain
Patriotism in its simplest, clearest and most indubitable signification is nothing else but a means of obtaining for the rulers their ambitions and covetous desires,… — Leo Tolstoy
Christianity persecuted, tortured, and burned. Like a hound it tracked the very scent of heresy. It kindled wars, and nursed furious hatreds and ambitions... Man,… — George Santayana
Big results require big ambitions. — Heraclitus
I believe we can seize this future together, because we are not as divided as our politics suggests. We are greater than the sum of… — Barack Obama
Our ambitions are bold and so must be our desire to change and evolve our culture. — Satya Nadella
Aeschylus and Plato are remembered today long after the triumphs of Imperial Athens are gone. Dante outlived the ambitions of thirteenth century Florence. Goethe stands… — John F. Kennedy
The ambitions for Thatgamecompany are very exciting to me. — Mitch Lasky
I have no ambitions to be a pop star. — Iwan Rheon
My main ambitions, really, are in the theatre. — Romola Garai
Queen songs tend to be about very personal things: personal dreams and personal ambitions. — Brian May
I had two ambitions: One was to be in The Actors Studio, and the other was to walk into a bar where actors hung out,… — Peter Falk
I want to learn to sight-read music. And to play the bass pedals on the organ. Those are my only ambitions. — Paul Shaffer
I admire Elliott Carter endlessly. But I have no ambitions to emulate him. — Andre Previn
American exceptionalism is grounded in the founding of the United States upon an idea, rather than upon the ambitions of men. — Monica Crowley
My husband is a Democrat, and I am a Republican, so our political ambitions are on opposite ends. — Susan Ford
The thing that interests me most about Scotland is how we differ from our neighbours. How do our ambitions differ? What kind of society are… — Rory Stewart
The era when the United States was the dominant global power is steadily coming to an end, and it must find a way of acknowledging… — Martin Jacques
There are points in your life, especially if you have creative ambitions, where selfishness is necessary. — Kris Kristofferson
Service is a deceptively profound way to prove not only what you can do for the world, but what you can tell the world to… — Chelsea Clinton
Thank the Lord for a mother who was a general as well as a Latter-day Saint; who realized that it was a remarkable and splendid… — Heber J. Grant
If you have ambitions, dream of what you wish to accomplish, and then put your shoulder to the wheel and work. — Heber J. Grant

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