Ambition Quote by Charles Bukowski

“Some people spend a lifetime chasing the wrong goals. They work with extreme focus - but it doesn't take them where they want to…

— Mani S. Sivasubramanian

“I think that in practical life there is something about success, actual success, that is a little unscrupulous, something about ambition that is unscrupulous…

— Oscar Wilde

“When you keep people from doing things they are destined to do, they go crazy.”

— Ilona Andrews

“People only allow themselves the luxury of being insane when they are in a position to do so.”

— Paulo Coelho

“If my goal in life was to not go insane, this sure was not helping me meet my objective.”

— Bella Forrest

“Laziness is the curse of someone who has no dreams.”

— Vinita Kinra

“I suppose I'm ambitious for something in spite of the fact that most things known as success don't inspire me to try for them…

— Robert McAlmon

“Sometimes it takes a little madness to fulfill great things.”

— Melissa Kuch

“When ambition outstrips ability, that is always a recipe for disaster.”

— Jan Siegel

“Laziness is always your fault. It is the sign that a man has persevered in uselessness for too long.”

— Idries Shah

“Your lack of ambition is truly remarkable.”

— John Green

“Ambition is a poor excuse for not being smart enough to be lazy.”

— Anonymous