Famous Quotes & Sayings

Charles Caleb Colton

Ambition is to the mind what the cap is to the falcon; it blinds us first, and then compels us to tower by reason of our blindness.

Charles Caleb Colton

The blindness of bigotry, the madness of ambition, and the miscalculations of diplomacy seek their victims principally amongst the innocent and the unoffending. The cottage is sure to suffer for every error of the court, the cabinet, or the camp. When error sits in the seat of power and of authority, and is generated in high places, it may be compared to that torrent which originates indeed in the mountain, but commits its devastation in the vale.

Charles Caleb Colton

All who have been great and good without Christianity would have been much greater and better with it. If there be, amongst the sons of men, a single exception to this maxim, the divine Socrates may be allowed to put in the strongest claim. It was his high ambition to deserve, by deeds, not by creeds, an unrevealed heaven, and by works, not by faith, to enter an unpromised land.

Alan Hansen

It's incredible considering the public perception that he was tight fisted and he was more than prudent, and lacked ambition to take Tottenham to where the fans wanted them to be.

Aiden Wilson Tozer

We have our ambition for the future and God. And thus we put God as a plus sign after something else we want.

Chogyam Trungpa

There seems to be a hypnotic quality to ambition and speed, so that you feel that you are standing still just because you want to go so fast. You might actually be getting close to your goal.

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

You can have ambition But not too much You should aim to be successful But not too successful Otherwise you will threaten the man

David Morrissey

I always try to put myself in the way of surprise as much as possible. My ambition is to keep challenging myself. I like that journey of discovery.

David Nevins

I have very simple ambitions. If I can just not be boring, I'm ahead of the game. It's hard in television. I think you get enormous reward from the audience. Just give them something they didn't see coming, and you get enormous points.

Terri Smith

We want them to know missions are not just something in Africa; they can be done right next door.

Carolyn Porco

Nothing will ever be what the Voyager mission was,

Anne M. Mulcahy

You have to live the mission... love what you do.

Donald Rumsfeld

The worst thing you can do is allow a coalition to determine what your mission is.

John Belushi

We’re on a mission from God.

John Belushi

We are on a mission for God.

Emile M. Cioran

My mission is to kill time, and time's to kill me in its turn. How comfortable one is among murderers.

Henry R. Luce

To see, and to show, is the mission now undertaken by Life.

Jeff Bezos

I'm skeptical of any mission that has advertisers at its centerpiece.

Kourtney Kardashian

I've been wearing lipstick since I was in 7th grade. That was our form of daring self-expression, because we had to wear uniforms in school. It made our teachers so angry.

Bayard Taylor

The bravest are the most tender; the loving are the daring.

Harvey Weinstein

Last year, when 'Black Swan,' 'True Grit' and 'King's Speech' all grossed over $100 million, it gave studios and independent financiers the confidence to make daring movies and not do the same old you-know-what.

Cynthia Weil

The main reason he wanted to be a recording artist was because it gives you much more freedom in your writing. You only have to please the artist and the artist is you so you can be more daring and experimental.

Jeff Trumbauer

He was a guy where we weren't daring him to shoot, but he wasn't probably the most threatening guy on the floor. He did a nice job and hit some big shots.

Gail Sheehy

I do think women can have it all - but not all women. If you take daring steps and are smart about it, you can probably have it all. But you might have to wait a while.

Bill Fennelly

I thought we were a little intimidated inside. They were guarding us one-on-one and daring us to go to the basket. We missed way too many inside shots.

Claude Debussy

It is our duty to find the symphonic formula which fits our time, one which progress, daring and modern victory demand?

Jim Calhoun

We have weaknesses; we know that. So we have to become an execution team, particularly on a team that comes up and ball-pressures us, a team that says 'beat me off the dribble.' And you can, but they're daring you and trying to take you out of your offense.