Quotes about ambition
ambition equality men
Were the talents and virtues which heaven has bestowed on men given merely to make them more obedient drudges, to be sacrificed to the follies and ambition of a few? Or, were not the noble gifts so equally dispensed with a divine purpose and law, that they should as nearly as possible be equally exerted, and the blessings of Providence be equally enjoyed by all? Samuel Adams
ambition scales my-ambition
On a scale from 1-10, my ambition is probably 11 or 12. T. Boone Pickens
ambition commitment may
If your energy is as boundless as your ambition, total commitment may be a way of life you should seriously consider Joyce Brothers
ambition fixed my-ambition
My ambitions were already very clearly fixed by the time I was 6 or 7. Joshua Lederberg
ambition evil may
One inconvenience... may attend bold and arduous attempts: frequent failure may discourage. This evil, however, is not more pernicious than the slow proficiency which is the natural consequence of too easy tasks. Joshua Reynolds
ambition people exhibitions
Our Exhibitions [The Royal Academy] have... a mischievous tendency, by seducing the Painter to an ambition of pleasing indiscriminately the mixed multitude of people who resort to them.
ambition law hunger
Ambition is like hunger; it obeys no law but its appetite Josh Billings
ambition jeans size
My only ambition in life . . . is to wear size 28 jeans. Karl Lagerfeld
ambition iphone waiting
I can't wait for the iPhone 6. It's my only ambition in life to have it quickly.
ambition pride too-much
If I fail it is only because I have too much pride and ambition. Julius Caesar
ambition home dope
This dope money here is Lil Treys scholarship Cause aint no to tuition for havin no ambition And aint no loans for sittin your ass at home Kanye West
ambition significance contribution
Ambition without contribution is of no significance. Kevin Kline
ambition character writing
I write flawed characters. Ones that do not always make the best decisions and are driven by ambition or lust. They are not black or white, they are in the large space that exists between. Kevin James
ambition given feels
Maybe I'm competitive. I just feel like I have this gift that I've been given. It's like, "Someone unwrap it! Here it is!" That drive can't be held down. I have a lot of ambition. Katy Perry
ambition thinking way
I'm going to let love lead the way, always. And I was born with this blind - blind ambition, and it's kind of gotten me here to this point. And I think that I'll stick to it.
ambition
I have a lot of ambition.
ambition race names
I am ashamed of a human race that can continue to allow the sordid ambitions of politicized groups who genuinely feel that right is on their side, and can therefore instigate such atrocities in the name of their own sense of right and wrong. Ralph Steadman
ambition people stuff
Friendships that are first grounded in the shared professional ambitions - social stuff is built around that - and then you see people pulling each other up as they rise. Rachel Sklar
ambition people parent
Being kind is the most important thing Ive ever been taught. Thats what my parents always told me - more important than ambition or success is being kind to people. The cornerstone of my life. What I aspire to is to be kind. Rafe Spall
ambition kids big-families
My biggest ambition over everything is to have kids. It feels great. I'd love a big family.
ambition wish world
I have been absolutely hag-ridden with ambition. If I could wish to have anything in the world it would be to be free of ambition. Tallulah Bankhead
ambition mind remember
Do you know what my ambition is in life? To be without ambition. As far back as I can remember I've been absolutely hag-ridden. I'd like to attain the state of mind that the Indians call Nirvana. That, for me, would happen if I were free of ambition.
ambition breathing games
I've always been afraid of video games - not afraid that I wouldn't like them, but that I would like them too much, and that after mere seconds in front of any particularly bright and absorbing game, I would abandon all ambition, turn into a mouth-breathing zombie, and develop a wide, sofa-shaped rear end. Susan Orlean
ambition special want
My ambition is not to be just a good fighter. I want to be great, something special. Sugar Ray Leonard
ambition thinking years
I'm probably never going to be satisfied with anything we do. I think there's always the possibility of doing better. And I'd say we're doing better than we were a year ago, in terms of delivery and quality of service, but nowhere near what we should be doing . Steve Case
ambition bored choices
Most of all I don't want to be bored. That's why I'd rather do something that has some sort of ambition, that risks failing, rather than make safer, more comfortable choices. Steve Coogan
ambition vanity ambitious
Although Poets are vain and ambitious, their vanity and ambition are of the purest kind attainable in this world. They are ambitious to be accepted for what they altimately are as revealed in their poetry. Stephen Spender
ambition wrestling worry
As I go clowning my sentimental way into eternity, wrestling with all my problems of estrangement and communion, sincerity and simulation, ambition and acquiescence, I shuttle between worrying whether I matter at all and whether anything else matters but me. Stephen Fry
ambition men primitive-man
To play with baubles is our ambition, not to deal with grave questions in a spirit of serious energy. But while we are playing with baubles, with our Legislative Councils, our Simultaneous Examinations, our ingenious schemes for separating the judicial from the executive functions, while we, I say, are finessing about trifles, the waters of the great deep are being stirred and that surging chaos of the primitive man over which our civilised societies are superimposed on a thin crust of convention, is being strangely and ominously agitated. Sri Aurobindo
ambition self office
My ambition for station was always easily controlled. If the place came to me it was welcome. But it never seemed to me worth seeking at the cost of self-respect, or independence. My family were not historic; they were well-to-do, did not hold or seek office. It was easy for me to be contented in private life. An honor was no honor to me, if obtained by my own seeking. Rutherford B. Hayes
ambition school judging
When I graduated from law school in 1959, there wasn't a single woman on any federal bench. It wouldn't be a realistic ambition for a woman to want to become a federal judge. Ruth Bader Ginsburg
ambition men deception
Ambition fortifies the will of man to become ruler over other men: it operates with deception, cajolery, and violence, it is the action of impurity upon impurity. T. S. Eliot
ambition thinking issues
After such knowledge, what forgiveness? Think now History has many cunning passages, contrived corridors And issues, deceives with whispering ambitions Guides us by vanities.