Ambitious Quote by Francis Ford Coppola

Is it better to be extremely ambitious, or rather modest? Probably the latter is safer; but I hate safety, and would rather fail gloriously…

— Vita Sackville-West

People have always thought that I wasn't ambitious. They judged by appearances and were fooled. I was competitive. I wanted success and was willing…

— Perry Como

There is a huge difference between being ambitious and being unsatisfied.

— Ritu Ghatourey

The ambition and focus that propel you to success can also be your downfall.

— Judy Smith

I enjoy the fun of failure. It's fun to fail, I kept repeating. It's part of being ambitious; it's part of being creative. If…

— Gretchen Rubin

To be honest, I was never very ambitious. And I still am not.

— Christopher Walken

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

— Angela Merkel

If your ambition comes at the price of an unbalanced life, that there's nothing else that gives you comfort but success, it's not worth…

— Doris Kearns Goodwin

Better to be the failure who nobly strived than the success who never really had to.

— Brandon Sanderson

Ambition has become a dirty word, and I believe it is a great evolutionary force for the positive. If people fail or go astray…

— Robert Greene

If your goals are ambitious and crazy enough, even failure will be a pretty good achievement.

— Laszlo Bock

I'm not exactly ambitious as much as I have a very good realization of what I am and what I am capable of.

— Henry Rollins