Ambition Quote by Philippa Gregory Download Open image ““any mean, ambitious man,...counts his losses more than his gains.”” — Philippa Gregory ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.3 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare Ambition Ambitious man Gains Losses Mean man
“If you gain, you gain all. If you lose, you lose nothing. Wager then, without hesitation, that He exsists.” — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
“... both had let him feel that interesting failures may be worth more in the end than dull successes...” — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
“When chasing success; Your greatest asset is not what you get from it but who you become because of it.” — Nikki Rowe Copy Share Image
“Before success comes in any man's life, he is sure to meet with much temporary defeat, and, perhaps, some failure.” — Napoleon Hill Copy Share Image
“A great man will experience more failures than successes. If we lived for the successes, we would have all killed ourselves by now.” — Andrew Sturm Copy Share Image
“Every man is worth just so much as the things about which he busies himself.” — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
“A man may be very industrious, and yet not spend his time well. There is no more fatal blunderer than he who consumes the… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
“Great men taken up in any way are profitable company. We cannot look, however imperfectly, upon a great man without gaining something by him.” — Thomas Carlyle Copy Share Image
“that the sum of a man’s life is not measured just by its accomplishments, but by how it is spent.” — Simon Nasht Copy Share Image
“Mother, before God," I say, my voice shaking with tears, "I swear that I have to believe that there is more for me in… — Philippa Gregory Copy Share Image
“Say yes,’ he whispers. ‘Marry me.’ I hesitate. I open my eyes. ‘You will get my fortune,’ I remark. ‘When I marry you, everything… — Philippa Gregory Copy Share Image
“But I warn you that a woman who seeks great power and wealth has to pay a great price, Perhaps you will be a… — Philippa Gregory Copy Share Image
“I raised my hand to wave in case he looked back; but he did not. He rode straight backed, looking forward. He rode like… — Philippa Gregory Copy Share Image
“When you are still and thoughtful you are as lovely as the statues they are carving in Italy.” — Philippa Gregory Copy Share Image
Edward lives as if there is no tomorrow, Richard as if he wants no tomorrow, and George as though someone should give it to… — Philippa Gregory Copy Share Image
You can smile when your heart is breaking because you're a woman. — Philippa Gregory Copy Share Image
“We fell asleep wrapped in each other as if we could not bear to part, even in sleep we could not bear to let… — Philippa Gregory Copy Share Image
“One little boy, and he a bastard,' Anne said thoughtfully. 'One little girl of six, one elderly Queen and a King in the prime… — Philippa Gregory Copy Share Image
“We have been married little more than a year and already there is a terrible silence around some subjects. We never speak of the… — Philippa Gregory Copy Share Image
“It doesn’t matter if you call it magic or determination. It doesn’t matter if you make a spell or a plot. You have to… — Philippa Gregory Copy Share Image
Ambition drives you on, ability certainly helps, but the fickle finger of fate and luck are great things. — Fergus Henderson Copy Share Image
One needs more than ambition and talent to make a success of anything, really. There must be love and a vocation. — Jessye Norman Copy Share Image
I just think my own ambition would not allow me to sit on the gifts that my creator had given me. And so that's… — Janelle Monae Copy Share Image
“I was ambitious and desperate to direct my first film, so I capitulated and blew it. Never again. Never fucking again.” — Craig Ferguson Copy Share Image
I was always attracted most to joining City, and I am pleased to be at such a good club with such a big ambition… — Edin Dzeko Copy Share Image
Work towards your goal and dont watch the post size,its either they hate,or like you.there is no room for both sides. — Isaac Buabeng Copy Share Image
“But young men have not only this frivolous ambition of being thought masters of execution, inciting them on the one hand, but also their… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I almost never have a plan for myself... I'm not ambitious in that way. — Martha Plimpton Copy Share Image
I play for high stakes and given an audience - there is no act too daring or too noble. — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image