Ambition Quote by Ella Maillart

The motivations I had for being successful were somewhat dysfunctional.

— Molly Bloom

I used to think I had ambition... but now I'm not so sure. It may have been only discontent. They're easily confused.

— Rachel Field

I was not born with tremendous ambition.

— Roger Moore

I don't want success to affect me to that extent that I change or failure to that extent that I get sad, bitter and…

— Arjun Kapoor

I have no ambition whatsoever. I don't know whether that's because I'm afraid of losing, or of failure - of not being the best.

— Keith Allen

I didn't think I was capable of getting depressed.

— Joey Barton

You can't achieve some of your goals without facing some disappointment.

— Wazim Shaw

I had some ambition. I meant everything to be different with me. I thought I had more strength and mastery. But the most terrible…

— George Eliot

However depressed I may be I am not in the habit of giving up a project without having tried everything, even the 'impossible', to…

— Paul Gauguin

I never underestimated myself. And I never saw anything wrong with ambition.

— Angela Merkel

I haven't ever had any ambition in my life. I just drift from day to day with a stupid grin on my face.

— Ian Gillan

If you have ambition, you might not achieve anything, but without ambition, you are almost certain not to achieve anything.

— Whitfield Diffie