Ambitious Quotes

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The very substance of the ambitious is merely the shadow of a dream. — William Shakespeare
'Ape House' is an ambitious novel in several ways, for which it is to be admired, and it is certainly an easy read, but because… — Jane Smiley
I'm extremely ambitious. I don't know why people are afraid to say that. I won't sell my soul to the devil, but I do want… — Jada Pinkett Smith
Those who are believed to be most abject and humble are usually most ambitious and envious. — Baruch Spinoza
I was an ambitious child and I tended to be scatterbrained. If I was at school and saw a bird outside the window I wanted… — Sylvester Stallone
Most of our pocket wisdom is conceived for the use of mediocre people, to discourage them from ambitious attempts, and generally console them in their… — Robert Louis Stevenson
I'm not that ambitious any more. I just like my privacy. I wish I really wasn't talked about at all. — Barbra Streisand
I've always liked working really hard and then doing nothing in particular. So, consequently, I didn't overexpose myself; I guess I maintained a kind of… — Barbra Streisand
It is a paradoxical but profoundly true and important principle of life that the most likely way to reach a goal is to be aiming… — Arnold J. Toynbee
To be honest, I was never very ambitious. And I still am not. — Christopher Walken
People say it's not ambitious, but it is actually quite ambitious wanting to help people. — Prince William
I am overly ambitious, because I realize it can be done. — Pharrell Williams
It's important to be heroic, ambitious, productive, efficient, creative, and progressive, but these qualities don't necessarily nurture soul. The soul has different concerns, of equal… — Thomas Moore
Was he smart enough? Introspective enough? Was it just enough to love him, or should I attach myself to someone who seemed farther ahead of… — Caroline Knapp
Sooner or later even the most ambitious glutton must crawl away and seek the solace of the vomitorium. — Clive Barker
The mind wants to live forever, or to learn a very good reason why not. The mind wants the world to return its love, or… — Annie Dillard
My generation was secretive, brooding, ambitious, show-offy, and this generation is congenial. Totally. I imagine them walking around with GPS chips that notify them when… — Garrison Keillor
Patriotism, n. Combustible rubbish ready to the torch of any one ambitious to illuminate his name. In Dr. Johnson's famous dictionary patriotism is defined as… — Ambrose Bierce
You were ambitious - for your life, what it was like when you woke up in the morning, and not for some attainment. Like most… — Lionel Shriver
Trying to be perfect may be inevitable for people who are smart and ambitious and interested in the world and its good opinion...What is really… — Anna Quindlen

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