Ambitious Quotes

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Did I have a heart to be contented? Well, no, not particularly. I had a tendency to be discontented: ambitious, dissatisfied, fretful, and tough to… — Gretchen Rubin
[Kay] was not at all an unpleasant person really, but clever, quick, proud, passionate and ambitious. He was one of those people who would be… — T.H. White
To us, it is incomprehensible that millions of Christian men killed and tortured each other because Napoleon was ambitious or Alexander was firm, or because… — Leo Tolstoy
This group had a kind of dark glamour within the castle. They were a motley collection; a mixture of the weak seeking protection, the ambitious… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
Don't be too ambitious. Do the most important thing you can think of doing every year and then your career will take care of itself. — Henry A. Kissinger
The ranks of society are once again filled with Ambitious Mamas, whose only aim is to see their Darling Daughters married off to Determined Bachelors — Julia Quinn
However [political parties] may now and then answer popular ends, they are likely in the course of time and things, to become potent engines, by… — George Washington
A modest dress is a very good thing, if it be the genuine indication of a humble heart, and is to instruct; but it is… — Matthew Henry
I don't know how I can be so ambitious and so lazy at the same time. — Ned Vizzini
On the whole, though I never arrived at the perfection I had been so ambitious of obtaining, but fell far short of it, yet as… — Benjamin Franklin
I just want ambitious teenagers to know it is totally fine to be quite, observant kids. Besides being a delight to your parents, you will… — Mindy Kaling
Now let me be clear; millions of women around the world nurse their children beautifully for years without giving anybody else a hard time about… — Tina Fey
You sensed that you should be following a different path, a more ambitious one, you felt that you were destined for other things but you… — Fyodor Dostoevsky
Let me twine Mine arms about that body, where against My grained ash an hundred times hath broke And scarr'd the moon with splinters: here… — William Shakespeare
If conversion to Christianity makes no improvement in a man's outward actions â€“ if he continues to be just a snobbish or spiteful or envious… — C.S. Lewis
I enjoy the fun of failure. It's fun to fail, I kept repeating. It's part of being ambitious; it's part of being creative. If something… — Gretchen Rubin
David Foster Wallace: I think one of the insidious lessons about TV is the meta-lesson that youâ€™re dumb. This is all you can do. This… — David Lipsky
First, this is a great job, and i'm excited about it." "Second, i'm ambitious, but i can succeed almost everywhere." "What I can't do anywhere… — Tammara Webber
When looking for a life partner, my advice to women is date all of them: the bad boys, the cool boys, the commitment-phobic boys, the… — Sheryl Sandberg
Aggressive and hard-charging women violate unwritten rules about acceptable social conduct. Men are continually applauded for being ambitious and powerful and successful, but women who… — Sheryl Sandberg

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