Quotes about ambition
ambition vision ease
... indefinite visions of ambition are weak against the ease of doing what is habitual or beguilingly agreeable. George Eliot
ambition vanity manners
I am sensible that my keenness of temper, and a vanity to be distinguished for the day, make me too often splash in life.... I amresolved to restrain myself and attend more to decorum. James Boswell
ambition mean writing
The trace I leave to me means at once my death, to come or already come, and the hope that it will survive me. It is not an ambition of immortality; it is fundamental. I leave here a bit of paper, I leave, I die; it is impossible to exit this structure; it is the unchanging form of my life. Every time I let something go, I live my death in writing. Jacques Derrida
ambition two trying
I'm trying to influence the next generation or two generations or three generations behind me. That's a big ambition of mine. James Frey
ambition political achilles
Anybody who has political ambition has an Achilles heel. James Callis
ambition two keys
It has always been my ambition to die in harness with my head face down on a keyboard and my nose caught between two of the keys. Isaac Asimov
ambition hesitation
Live for each second without hesitation Elton John
ambition wish roles
I wish I had a little more ambition. But then what would I do? Turn down more roles with more vehemence? Me no likey worky. Ellen Barkin
ambition opportunity giving
I, perhaps, at that stage, had the kind of ambition that others may have had; you know, namely based on the concept that if you were trained the world was out there waiting for you to provide a certain kind of leadership and give you an opportunity. But with the Depression, I began to see that there were certain social forces over which the individual had very little control. Ella Baker
ambition order generosity
What seems to be generosity is often no more than disguised ambition, which overlooks a small interest in order to secure a great one. Francois de La Rochefoucauld
ambition soul sloth
Moderation is the feebleness and sloth of the soul, whereas ambition is the warmth and activity of it.
ambition mad done
My strength has not equaled my mad ambition. I have remained obscure; I have done worse -- I have touched success, and allowed it to escape me. George Sand
ambition breathless immortal
What is your greatest ambition in life?' 'To become immortal... and then die. Jean-Luc Godard
ambition differences people
When I was young, my ambition was to be one of the people who made a difference in this world. My hope is to leave the world a little better for having been there. Jim Henson
ambition vanity
Ambition is only vanity ennobled. Jerome K. Jerome
ambition thinking want
I do have big ambitions, but I think we all do. I just want to keep working hard and being happy. Jennifer Lawrence
ambition redneck might
You might be a redneck if your biggest ambition in life is to git that big ole coon. The one what hangs 'round over yonder, back'ah Bubba's barn... Jeff Foxworthy
ambition self goal
Level 5 leaders channel their ego needs away from themselves and into the larger goal of building a great company. It's not that Level 5 leaders have no ego or self-interest. Indeed, they are incredibly ambitious-but their ambition is first and foremost for the institution, not themselves. James C. Collins
ambition desire burning
If you have a burning ambition and desire, absolutely anything can be achieved. Jahangir Khan
ambition envy people
In particular, it is absurd to hope to banish envy of other people's possessions or fortunes, if only because the spirit of envy can lead to emulation and ambition and have positive consequences. Christopher Hitchens
ambition kids guitar
I had no ambition when I was a kid other than to play guitar and get in a rock 'n' roll band. I don't really like to be the guy in the white suit at the front. Like in the Beatles, I was the one who kept quiet at the back and let the other egos be at the front. George Harrison
ambition immortality dies
Tis immortality to die aspiring. George Chapman
ambition animal frustration
The difference between tragedy and comedy is the difference between experience and intuition. In the experience we strive against every condition of our animal life: against death, against the frustration of ambition, against the instability of human love. In the intuition we trust the arduous eccentricities we're born to, and see the oddness of a creature who has never got acclimatized to being created. Christopher Fry
ambition opportunity years
I'd always had a childhood ambition to go into the investment capital business, and spent twenty-odd years in it. But the thought of spending the second half of my career in the same business was boring, so I looked around for other opportunities .
ambition destiny europe
The great rule of conduct for us, in regard to foreign nations, is in extending our commercial relations to have as little political connection as possible... Why, by interweaving our destiny with that of any part of Europe, entangle our peace and prosperity in the toils of European ambition, rivalships, interest, humor, or caprice?... It is our true policy to steer clear of permanent alliances with any portion of the foreign world. George Washington
ambition destiny europe
Why quit our own to stand upon foreign ground? Why, by interweaving our destiny with that of any part of Europe, entangle our peace and prosperity in the toils of European ambition...or caprice?
ambition leaving ambitious
A person’s first duty, a young person’s at any rate, is to be ambitious, and the noblest ambition is that of leaving behind something of permanent value. G. H. Hardy
ambition pride curiosity
If intellectual curiosity, professional pride, and ambition are the dominant incentives to research, then assuredly no one has a fairer chance of gratifying them than a mathematician.
ambition men envy
The will to incessant creation is vulgar, betraying jealousy, envy, and ambition. Assuming that you are something, there is really nothing that you need to do-and yet you do a great deal. Above the "productive" man there is still a higher type. Friedrich Nietzsche
ambition literature huge
I had huge ambition for literature. I don't see the point of doing anything if you don't have ambition for it. Jeanette Winterson
ambition needs talent
One needs more than ambition and talent to make a success of anything, really. There must be love and a vocation. Jessye Norman
ambition eight years
I had the chance to be governor for eight years and I took a year to transition out and a year to transition in, so that's a decade of my life where I pursued my own ambitions and I thought it was time to rearrange my life to focus on other things. Jeb Bush
ambition different mastery
I had some ambition. I meant everything to be different with me. I thought I had more strength and mastery. But the most terrible obstacles are such as nobody can see except oneself.