Ambitious Quotes

500 quotes by 417 authors

Man is by nature competitive, combative, ambitious, jealous, envious, and vengeful. — Arthur Keith
If we insist that public life be reserved for those whose personal history is pristine, we are not going to get paragons of virtue running… — Charles Krauthammer
When I ran for governor, was I ambitious? Yes. Anyone, male or female, who goes through the trials of a campaign must be ambitious. — Madeleine M. Kunin
I used to think that driving, sleepless, ambitious labor was what you needed to succeed. — Charles Kuralt
When you're a very ambitious person, the things that are disappointing are when other people around you aren't as enthusiastic. — Reba McEntire
I'm a modern woman in the sense of I take care of myself, I'm fiercely independent, and I'm really ambitious. Yet I have these old-school… — Eva Mendes
I just want to be healthy and stay alive and keep my family going and everything and keep my friends going and try to do… — Yoko Ono
Now that virtually every career is an option for ambitious girls, it can no longer be considered regressive or reactionary to reintroduce discussion of marriage… — Camille Paglia
The tallest Trees are most in the Power of the Winds, and Ambitious Men of the Blasts of Fortune. — William Penn
I've always been ambitious since I was nine years old and that was never going to change. — Katy Perry
I almost never have a plan for myself... I'm not ambitious in that way. — Martha Plimpton
I just love bossy women. I could be around them all day. To me, bossy is not a pejorative term at all. It means somebody's… — Amy Poehler
I was definitely different from the other kids... I was more ambitious. I knew what I liked and what I wanted, and I worked really… — Natalie Portman
President Obama instituted the most anti-growth, anti-investment, anti-jobs measures that we have seen in our lifetime. Now he called his agenda ambitious, I call it… — Mitt Romney
I'm not ambitious. I don't want to get anywhere, I don't want anything more. I sometimes think that for me that is the real freedom,… — Arundhati Roy
Until women are as ambitious as men, they're not gong to achieve as much as men. — Sheryl Sandberg
I love a man with a great sense of humor and who is intelligent - a man who has a great smile. He has to… — Nicole Scherzinger
Here you have an incredibly ambitious, accomplished woman who comes up against some of the same problems that women in power come up against today.… — Stacy Schiff
To be ambitious of true honor, of the true glory and perfection of our natures, is the very principle and incentive of virtue. — Walter Scott
As he was valiant, I honour him. But as he was ambitious, I slew him. — William Shakespeare

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