Ambitious Quotes

500 quotes by 436 authors

In order to build a career and to be successful, one has to be determined. One has to be ambitious. I much prefer to drink… — Saul Leiter
An Ambitious woman shewes her selfe to bee a troublesome disturber of the world, powerfull to make smale things great, and great monstrous — Thomas Overbury
We have a game we play when weâ€™re waiting for tables in restaurants, where you have to write the five things that describe yourself on… — Nora Ephron
Once the rudiments of loyalty are in place, the ambitious have been inclined to work with them to promote their own political advancement, and they… — Michael Waller
Love is the most practical thing in the world. To love, to be kind, not to be greedy, not to be ambitious, not to be… — Jiddu Krishnamurti
Like everyone else, you want to learn the way to win, but never to accept the way to lose - to accept defeat. To learn… — Bruce Lee
Ive always been ambitious to be very good at what I do. — Glenda Jackson
You can walk as carefully as you want through a mine field; it is still a mine field. But it's also true that if you… — Dave Sim
NOBLEMAN, n. Nature's provision for wealthy American minds ambitious to incur social distinction and suffer high life. — Ambrose Bierce
The general problem with ambitious systems is complexity. [...] it is important to emphasize the value of simplicity and elegance, for complexity has a way… — Fernando J. Corbato
In order to be profoundly dishonest, a person must have one of two qualities: either he is unscrupulously ambitious, or he is unswervingly egocentric. — Maya Angelou
Level 5 leaders channel their ego needs away from themselves and into the larger goal of building a great company. It's not that Level 5… — James C. Collins
It's a very smart and heartfelt movie and that's why, I think, we're all drawn to it. We really showed up for this with this… — Robert Downey, Jr.
I have never been an ambitious person, and my participation in this industry is a fluke, but only male writers can afford to be coy… — Diablo Cody
We would certainly encourage the Italian government to put forward an ambitious agenda of reform. — Rodrigo Rato
Humans are ambitious and rational and proud. And we don't fall in line with people who don't respect us and who we don't believe have… — Rachel Maddow
Don't be afraid to be ambitious about your goals. Hard work never stops. Neither should your dreams. — Dwayne Johnson
I'm planning my most ambitious tattoo yet. You can never have enough tats. — Amy Winehouse
The truth about myself? I'm obstinate, self-assured, ambitious and sloppy. I think I lead a quite normal life, certainly with five hours of trainig per… — Franziska van Almsick
It is one thing to see the forward path and another to be able to take it. But it is better to have an ambitious… — Winston Churchill

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