Unambitious Quotes
13 quotes by 13 authors
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Let us recollect that peace or war will not always be left to our option; that however moderate or unambitious we may be, we cannot…
— Alexander Hamilton
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Sometimes I come across a tree which seems like Buddha or Jesus: loving, compassionate, still, unambitious, enlightened, in eternal meditation, giving pleasure to a pilgrim,…
— Satish Kumar
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To appear unambitious amongst the ambitious is to invite loathing or fear. To be in the game, but not playing with intent to win, is…
— Josephine Hart
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There are five signs of righteousness: a gentle disposition and a soft heart, shedding tears of regret, ascetism and not caring about the world, being…
— Shaqiq al-Balkhi
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Happy he whoe'er, content with the common lot, with safe breeze hugs the shore, and, fearing to trust his skiff to the wider sea, with…
— Seneca the Younger
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When it comes to money, you can't win. If you focus on making it, you're materialistic. If you try to but don't make any, you're…
— John C. Maxwell
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I've been accused of being unambitious, but what I do takes up every minute. I'm executive producer, I'm a writer and the host.
— Stephen Colbert
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The unambitious sluggard pretends that the eminence is not worth attaining, declines altogether the struggle, and calls himself a philosopher. I say he is a…
— William Makepeace Thackeray
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I have no other view than to promote the public good, and am unambitious of honors not founded in the approbation of my Country.
— George Washington
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But you are the average of the five people you associate with most, so do not underestimate the effects of your pessimistic, unambitious, or disorganized…
— Tim Ferriss
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We need more true mystery in our lives Hem- he said. The completely unambitious writer and the really good unpublished poem are the things we…
— Ernest Hemingway
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For with eyes made clear by many tears, and a heart softened by the tenderest sorrow, she recognized the beauty of her sister's life—uneventful, unambitious,…
— Louisa May Alcott
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My father thought I would lead a simple life; that I was bright but unambitious, complacant with whatever work life threw at me. My father,…
— Samantha Shannon
Who Wrote These Unambitious Quotes
13 authors contributed a total of 13 Unambitious Quotes as follows: