Quotes about ambition
ambition american-athlete earlier sung three time
So they've actually - it's not that her character is a singer, but she had ambition to do that at an earlier time in her life. So I've actually sung two or three times now on the show. Katey Sagal
ambition authority move settled violently virtue
As in nature, things move violently to their place and calmly in their place, so virtue in ambition is violent, in authority settled and calm. Francis Bacon
ambition career full good keen offers research shows teenagers
The research shows that our teenagers are full of ambition and really keen to have a career that offers good prospects,
ambition available beings delivered given human including information limit management public rarely rebuild sector skills solution systems technology uk user
The solution is to limit public sector ambition to that which can be reliably delivered given the human beings available and rebuild the available UK skills base, including user management and information systems - because technology is rarely the problem.
ambition career interested
I've never been interested enough to have a career trajectory. I've never had any ambition or thought of what I should be doing or had any idea of what I'd like to do. Never. And still don't. And if something comes along, I say 'Fine.' Joanna Lumley
ambition cultural festivals stage
Our ambition is to stage one of the most significant cultural festivals of the year.
ambition finish points respect third took toyota
Our ambition is to finish third in the manufacturers' championship, and in this respect we took two points more than Toyota in Spa, Jean Todt
ambition outgoing system taxation
Our ambition is to come up with a better taxation system than that of the outgoing government.
ambition believe leaders survey three worldwide
Our ambition is to be worldwide leaders in survey technology, and I believe we will be there in three years.
ambition opportunity design
Being non-commercial is never an ambition. Movies come together at different points for fortuitous reasons. You do them as you get the opportunity, as opposed to doing them when you choose to or design to. Ethan Coen
ambition want succeed
I'd rather be thought as an international actress rather than a French one. Because I don't know what's coming up for me, my ambition is not to be typecast. So I'm working on my English accent, as well as my American one. I don't want to be like 'Okay, I'm French, and I want to succeed in Hollywood!' Eva Green
ambition men self
When you're a self-made man you start very early in life. In my case it was at nine years old when I started bringing income into the family. You get a drive that's a little different, maybe a little stronger, than somebody who inherited . Kirk Kerkorian
ambition driven
I'm not too in love with the word ambition, but I was driven. Kim Basinger
ambition
I don't have that same ambition I had when I was younger. Mike Tice
ambition ifs
if I had one ambition it was to make my life itself into a poem. Natalie Clifford Barney
ambition thinking entrepreneur
I don't think that ambition should not be in the dictionary of entrepreneurs. But our ambition should be realistic. You have to realise that you can't do everything. Mukesh Ambani
ambition reality self
In my terms, I settled for the realities of life, and submitted to its necessities: if this, then that, and so the years passed. In Adrian's terms, I gave up on life, gave up on examining it, took it as it came. And so, for the first time, I began to feel a more general remorse - a feeling somewhere between self-pity and self-hatred - about my whole life. All of it. I had lost the friends of my youth. I had lost the love of my wife. I had abandoned the ambitions I had entertained. I had wanted life not to bother me too much, and had succeeded - and how pitiful that was. Julian Barnes
ambition creative selfishness
There are points in your life, especially if you have creative ambitions, where selfishness is necessary. Kris Kristofferson
ambition men trying
A man who aspires to rise above the mediocre, to be something more than the ordinary, surely deserves admiration, even if he fails and loses a fortune on account of his ambitions (...) if one has failed only where others have not had the courage or will to try, there is consolation - indeed, deep satisfaction - to be gained from his observation when looking back over one's life. #Page no.134 Kazuo Ishiguro
ambition opportunity thinking
I really, specifically, love acting, and I think it's a really cool thing to be really indulgent and follow that. I have a lot of ambitions in life, but for the next few years, I just want to be an actor. That's a lucky opportunity, and that drives me to want to be good at that. Kristen Stewart
ambition people time-on-earth
If people in their 20s had more death awareness, would that in fact temper their ambition or drive? My hunch is yes. It would certainly do something for those who are most ruthless, who tend to make others most miserable. Some sort of greater awareness of their own finiteness and what their time on earth really is, and what they really want to do with their lives, could help improve them. Irvin D. Yalom
ambition mean democratic-ideals
Perhaps our national ambition to standardize ourselves has behind it the notion that democracy means standardization. But standardization is the surest way to destroy the initiative, to denumb the creative impulse above all else essential to the vitality and growth of democratic ideals. Ida Tarbell
ambition math white
If you go to Africa and you're white, you're probably not going to get that much work either. But the fact is that there is a longer history of black integration in the U.S. I don't have any resentment about this: I did the maths, calculated it against my ambition and decided to leave England. Idris Elba
ambition limits common
More than ambition, more than ability, it is rules that limit contribution; rules are the lowest common denominator of human behavior. They are a substitute for rational thought. Hyman Rickover
ambition ego consumers
There are so many things to take into account - your ambition, your ego, the press, the consumers. You can never be sure that you'll be on top of the pile again. Giorgio Armani
ambition athlete discipline
To be the best in your field is a great ambition, and requires discipline and a huge amount of effort. The athletes who possess this drive are the ones I am attracted to.
ambition want live-in-the-present
I'm living in the present. I have no ambition. It's true. But I want to live. Gerard Depardieu
ambition self political
Erasmus dramatizes a well-established political position: that of the fool who claims license to criticize all and sundry without reprisal, since his madness defines him as not fully a person and therefore not a political being with political desires and ambitions. The Praise of Folly, therefore sketches the possibility of a position for the critic of the scene of political rivalry, a position not simply impartial between the rivals but also, by self-definition, off the stage of rivalry altogether. J. M. Coetzee
ambition accomplishment innovation
Without cunning, there is no innovation. Without ambition, there is no accomplishment. J. K. Rowling
ambition gryffindor hogwarts
By Gryffindor, the bravest were Prized far beyond the rest; For Ravenclaw, the cleverest Would always be the best; For Hufflepuff, hard workers were Most worthy of admission; And power-hungry Slytherin Loved those of great ambition.
ambition men lips
I was never a man of great ambition I cried too easily I didn't have a head for science Words often failed me While others prayed I only moved my lips Nicole Krauss
ambition light diversity
Rise above sectional interests and private ambitions... Pass from matter to spirit. Matter is diversity; spirit is light, life and unity. Muhammad Iqbal
ambition hands achievement
generally speaking, we are all happier when we are still striving for achievement than when the prize is in our hands. Margot Fonteyn