Ambition Quote by William Davenant

Ambition can be a disease, and it feeds on itself.

— Rebecca Miller

Ambition is like hunger; it obeys no law but its appetite

— Josh Billings

Ambition is like a frog sitting on a Venus Flytrap. The flytrap can bite and bite, but it won't bother the frog because it…

— Anonymous

Ambition, if it feeds at all, does so on the ambition of others.

— Susan Sontag

Ambition has its disappointments to sour us, but never the good fortune to satisfy us. Its appetite grows keener by indulgence and all we…

— Benjamin Franklin

Ambition is but avarice on stilts, and masked. God sometimes sends a famine, sometimes a pestilence, and sometimes a hero, for the chastisement of…

— Walter Savage Landor

For me, ambition has become a dirty word. I prefer hunger. To be hungry- great. To have hopes, dreams- great.

— Johnny Depp

Ambition is a lust that is never quenched, but grows more inflamed and madder by enjoyment.

— Thomas Otway

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 a lust that's never quenched, Grows more inflated, and madder by enjoyment. - TOtway

— Anonymous

Ambition is an uncomfortable companion many times. He creates a discontent with present surroundings and achievements; he is never satisfied but always pressing forward…

— Lyndon B. Johnson

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

— Thomas Jefferson