Ambition Quote by George Eliot

But indefinite visions of ambition are weak against the ease of doing what is habitual or beguilingly agreeable; and we all know the difficulty…

— George Eliot

Visions and ambition never listened to submission and she was on a mission from the highest above.

— Cradle Of Filth

It is worth repeating that powerful imagination is not false outward vision, but intense inward representation, and a creative energy constantly fed by susceptibility…

— George Eliot

Children demand that their heroes should be freckle less, and easily believe them so: perhaps a first discovery to the contrary is less revolutionary…

— George Eliot

It's not what we do once in a while that counts, but our habitual actions. What ultimately determines who we become and where we…

— Tony Robbins

Love itself is not an act of will, but sometimes I need the force of my volition to break with my habitual responses and…

— Hugh Prather

The sad part is that all we're trying to do is not feel that underlying uneasiness. The sadder part is that we proceed in…

— Pema Chodron

We are what we think we are. The habitual inclination of our thoughts determines our talents and abilities, and our personality. So whatever you…

— Paramahansa Yogananda

I am sure that the sad days and happenings were rare, and that I lived the joyous and careless life of other children; but…

— Pierre Loti

“But it is doubtless true, and evident from [the] Scriptures, that the essence of all true religion lies in holy love; and that in…

— Jonathan Edwards

It's a matter of ABC: When we encounter ADVERSITY, we react by thinking about it. Our thoughts rapidly congeal into BELIEFS. These beliefs may…

— Martin Seligman

O Heavenly Father, convert my religion from a name to a principle! Bring all my thoughts and movements into an habitual reference to Thee!

— Thomas Chalmers