Ambitions Quotes

387 Ambitions quotes by 324 unique authors

The natural equipment to accomplish some small part of the meaner ambitions distinguishing able men from dead ones. In the last analysis ability is commonly… — Ambrose Bierce
There are some who question the scale of our ambitions, who suggest that our system cannot tolerate too many big plans. Their memories are short,… — Barack Obama
Tao is beyond words and beyond understanding. Words may be used to speak of it, but they cannot contain it. Tao existed before words and… — Laozi
People — running from unhappiness, hiding in power — are locked within their reputations, ambitions, beliefs. — Richard Avedon
England [sic] is just a small island. Its roads and houses are small. With few exceptions, it doesn't make things that people in the rest… — Mitt Romney
To resolve conflicts, excessive ambitions and one's own fears and aspirationis must be sacrificed. — Zbigniew Brzezinski
Moreover, they [the Central Asian Republics] are of importance from the standpoint of security and historical ambitions to at least three of their most immediate… — Zbigniew Brzezinski
When I went back home, I was constantly being reminded, I'm an African woman, and so there are certain things I shouldn't do, certain ambitions… — Wangari Maathai
The dead don't stay interested in us living people for very long. Gradually, gradually, they let go hold of the earth . . . and… — Thornton Wilder
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
He had ambitions, at one time, to become a sex maniac, but he failed his practical. — Les Dawson
As the components of your life are stripped away, after all the ambitions and hopes vaporize, you reach a self-reflective starkness-- the repetitious plucking of… — Arthur Nersesian
It's never too late to realize your ambitions. Take the first step by daring to dream big dreams. Then have the confidence to take a… — Unknown Author
There is nothing else that so kills the ambitions of a person as criticisms from superiors. I never criticize anyone. I believe in giving a… — Charles M. Schwab
Never be too absorbed by your own ambitions to encourage those of your family. — Wes Fesler
Power from any source tends to create an appetite for additional power. It was almost inevitable that the super-rich would one day aspire to control… — W. Cleon Skousen
After such knowledge, what forgiveness? Think now History has many cunning passages, contrived corridors And issues, deceives with whispering ambitions Guides us by vanities. — Thomas Stearns Eliot
There is the tendency to place ourselves and our ambitions at the center of our lives. This is very human, but it is not Christian. — Pope Francis
The treasury of America lies in those ambitions, those energies, that cannot be restricted to a special favored class. It depends upon the inventions of… — Woodrow Wilson
I think we are destroying the minds of America and that has been one of my lifelong ambitions. — John Kricfalusi
But I must own that I also felt stirred by an unselfish desire to voice all the joys and sorrows, the hopes and ambitions, of… — James Weldon Johnson
The most important thing to remember about drunks is that drunks are far more intelligent than non-drunks- they spend a lot of time talking in… — Shane MacGowan
If, however, economic ambitions are good servants, they are bad masters — E F Schumacher
Kafka would surely have been impressed by the twin ambitions of the modern empathetic state: the need to set up hyper-regulatory bodies preventing you from… — Mark Steyn
How do you listen? Do you listen with your projections, through your projection, through your ambitions, desire, fears, anxieties, through hearing only what you want… — Jiddu Krishnamurti

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