Great Ambition Quotes

19 quotes by 18 authors

Great ambition is the passion of a great character. Those endowed with it may perform very good or very bad acts. All depends on the… — Napoleon Bonaparte
I've got a great ambition to die of exhaustion rather than boredom. — Thomas Carlyle
...great Ambition, unchecked by principle, or the love of Glory, is an unruly Tyrant... — Alexander Hamilton
If you have a great ambition, take as big a step as possible in the direction of fulfilling it. The step may only be a… — Mildred H. McAfee
We grow small trying to be great. — E. Stanley Jones
Mind is nothing but dreams and dreams - dreams of the past, dreams of the future, dreams of how things should be, dreams of great… — Rajneesh
The honey-bee's great ambition is to be rich, to lay up great stores, to possess the sweet of every flower that blooms. She is more… — John Burroughs
Few are more unhappy than those who have great ambition, but little energy to urge it into activity. — Norm MacDonald
The great ambition of women is to inspire love. — Moliere
Do not let great ambitions overshadow small success. — Miguel Angel Ruiz
For me, ambition has become a dirty word. I prefer hunger. To be hungry- great. To have hopes, dreams- great. — Johnny Depp
Great ambition is the passion of a great character. — Napoleon Bonaparte
Most people would succeed in small things if they were not troubled with great ambitions. — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Great ambition, the desire of real superiority, of leading and directing, seems to be altogether peculiar to man, and speech is the great instrument of… — Adam Smith
I was never a man of great ambition I cried too easily I didn't have a head for science Words often failed me While others… — Nicole Krauss
By Gryffindor, the bravest were Prized far beyond the rest; For Ravenclaw, the cleverest Would always be the best; For Hufflepuff, hard workers were Most… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
In general, I would think that at present prose writers are much in advance of the poets. In the old days, I read more poetry… — William H. Gass
That was my great ambition. Not to be Illea's princess. To be Aspen's. — Kiera Cass
The greatest evil which fortune can inflict on men is to endow them with small talents and great ambition. — Luc de Clapiers

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