Absolutes Quote by Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Ambition is a commendable attribute, without which no man succeeds. Only inconsiderate ambition imperils.

— Warren G. Harding

Ambition is the subtlest beast of the intellectual and moral field. It is wonderfully adroit in concealing itself from its owner.

— John Adams

Ambition must be made to counteract ambition.

— James Madison

Ambition is not a weakness unless it be disproportioned to the capacity. To have more ambition than ability is to be at once weak…

— George Stillman Hillard

Ambition is at the very core of success and extraordinary achievement. Unlike greed, it's a powerful, creative and constructive force.

— Jim Rohn

Ambition is pitiless. Any merit that it cannot use it finds despicable.

— Eleanor Roosevelt

Ambition is an idol, on whose wings great minds are carried only to extreme; to be sublimely great or to be nothing.

— Shakti Gawain

... indefinite visions of ambition are weak against the ease of doing what is habitual or beguilingly agreeable.

— George Eliot

“If you cannot think of solutions that are discarded as a result of the specified ambition, the ambition is not clear enough.”

— Rob Van Haastrecht

Ambition is one of the ungovernable passions of the human heart. The love of power is insatiable and uncontrollable.

— John Adams

Ambition is a priceless trait, it is grown and cultured in each and every individual that it lies in, and in some it grows…

— Anonymous

Ambition is a tricky little animal to tame. It is very skillful at concealing itself from its master.

— Thomas Jefferson