Ambitious Quotes

500 quotes by 436 authors

Level 5 leaders are differentiated from other levels of leaders in that they have a wonderful blend of personal humility combined with extraordinary professional will.… — James C. Collins
The value of an ambitious goal is not measured by what it will bring to you. The worth of a goal is measured by what… — Ralph Marston
The progressive agenda is actually legitimated by the incomprehension and anger it elicits: If the people do not resent and resist what is being done… — George Will
Very few people are ambitious in the sense of having a specific image of what they want to achieve. Most people's sights are only toward… — Judith M Bardwick
The ambitious will always be first in the crowd; he presseth forward, he looketh not behind him. More anguish is it to his mind to… — Akhenaton
Throughout history government has served as a vehicle for the organization of hatred and oppression, benefiting no one except those who are ambitious and ruthless… — Doug Casey
The realities of nature surpass our most ambitious dreams. — Auguste Rodin
Although Poets are vain and ambitious, their vanity and ambition are of the purest kind attainable in this world. They are ambitious to be accepted… — Stephen Spender
It is the only point of getting up every morning: to paint, to make something good, to make something even better than before, not to… — Lucian Freud
I incline to an aristocratic republic. This would satisfy the ambitious spirit among our people. We shall learn from the historic mistakes of others in… — Theodor Herzl
When ambitious desires arise in thy heart, recall the days of extremity thou have passed through. Forbearance is the root of all quietness and assurance… — Ieyasu Tokugawa
Is it better to be extremely ambitious, or rather modest? Probably the latter is safer; but I hate safety, and would rather fail gloriously than… — Vita Sackville-West
Sometimes women entrepreneurs are their own challenge, [in terms of] believing in themselves. There is no need to apologise for being ambitious. — Tory Burch
I never saw myself as being ambitious, I saw myself as being in love with the profession. I'm a people person. I love to get… — Jack Kelley
I am naturally fond of adventure, a little ambitious, and a good deal romantic - but patriotism was the true secret of my success. — Sarah Emma Edmonds
Men are basically smart or dumb and lazy or ambitious. The dumb and ambitious ones are dangerous and I get rid of them. The dumb… — Erwin Rommel
Everyone is ambition. The question is whether he is ambitious to be or to do. — Jean Monnet
Back in the mid-1970s, we adopted some fairly ambitious goals to improve efficiency of our cars. What did we get? We got a tremendous boost… — Jay Inslee
You are ambitious, which, within reasonable bounds, does good rather than harm. — Abraham Lincoln
Toting around a full orchestra on tour is very ambitious. I would consider doing a show now and then, like do a show at Radio… — Vanessa Carlton

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