Ambition Quote by Susie Dent

Especially in our society, for a woman to be ambitious and controlling, that's a negative. Whereas me as a person, I don't think that's…

— Kim Hawthorne

“Professional ambition is expected of men but is optional—or worse, sometimes even a negative—for women. “She is very ambitious” is not a compliment in…

— Sheryl Sandberg

There’s always a stigma attached to the word ‘ambition’ and women. I’ve embraced it. Ambition is NOT a four-letter word and women have to…

— Tory Burch

I think that the word 'ambitious' is still used in a derogatory way when it comes to women, in a way that it's not…

— Victoria Derbyshire

As a woman, you feel that you shouldn't want to better yourself against others. Ambition has become such an ugly word, hasn't it?

— Rosamund Pike

I think that "ambition" is a weird and often negatively used word.

— Tania James

As a woman, you feel that you shouldnt want to better yourself against others. Ambition has become such an ugly word, hasnt it?

— Rosamund Pike

Women don't necessarily understand that it is possible to have the same level of ambition as men - they allow themselves to be held…

— Heather Bresch

You're not taught to be ambitious as a woman. And so when you are, sometimes you shy away from it or you're scared of…

— Zozibini Tunzi

'Ambitious' is seen as a dirty word, especially when it comes to women. But what being ambitious actually means is to achieve distinction in…

— Rachael Stirling

Until women are as ambitious as men, they're not gong to achieve as much as men.

— Sheryl Sandberg

There's nothing wrong with women saying that we can be ambitious and that we can want the same things that men have traditionally wanted.

— Anna Gunn