Ambition Quote by Vincent Van Gogh

“For girls, becoming women was inevitability; for boys, becoming men was ambition”

— Kamila Shamsie

“We are, in large part, a culture that expects its boys to initiate themselves into manhood. But holistic or even minimal initiation into manhood…

— Michael Gurian

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

— Sheryl Sandberg

We can't have two standards, one set for the dedicated young men who want to do something ambitious and one set for those who…

— Bear Bryant

“Adolescent boys don’t understand that becoming a man, at its core, means stepping up and accepting responsibility.”

— PhD Clayton J. Lessor LPC

Surely we have had enough of confusing maleness with "usefulness" and other human virtues. If men had a more modest view of what their…

— Ellen Willis

We are turning against boys and forgetting a simple truth: that the energy, competitiveness, and corporal daring of normal, decent males is responsible for…

— Christina Hoff Sommers

At the end of the day, the sovereignty of maleness is an illusion. In essence and in origin, we are all entirely female.

— Anohni

If we want to raise the aspirations of young men, we should be praising their achievements, not talking them down.

— David Lammy

“A society in which such decisions can only be made by males has thrown away half of its knowledge, talents, and insights.”

— Thomas Sowell

Boys must not have th' ambitious care of men, Nor men the weak anxieties of age.

— Horace

We need to create a society where girls and women are getting the same encouragement and support to build their careers as the boys…

— Matt McGorry