Quotes about ambition
ambition people trying
We're going to try and recruit the very best people we can and produce the best papers we can, and publish them to the highest standards we can . Conrad Black
ambition actors
I had no ambition to become an actor at all. Danny Huston
ambition chiefs lost
But see how oft ambition's aims are cross'd, and chiefs contend 'til all the prize is lost! Alexander Pope
ambition people emptiness
I begin where most people end, with a full conviction of the emptiness of all sorts of ambition, and the unsatisfactory nature of all human pleasures.
ambition band good-things
Ambition is sneered at by some bands. It seems like a pretty good thing to me. Alex Kapranos
ambition trying grows
We grow small trying to be great. E. Stanley Jones
ambition wings greek
Let us see how high we can fly before the sun melts the wax in our wings. About the ambitious pursuit of knowledge, alluding to Icarus of the Greek myth. E. O. Wilson
ambition character heart
It's important to me that the reader goes on a ride with the characters, that you set context enough to know, "Okay, here's where we are in the world. Now we're just going to go inside this person's head, this guy's heart, this woman's ambitions and take it down to very, very small scale." Don Winslow
ambition judgement recipes
Mix judgement with ambition and season it with energy. It makes a splendid recipe for success. Dale Carnegie
ambition iraq hatred
Ambition and hatred are enough to bring Iraq and al Qaeda together Colin Powell
ambition boyhood
I never had any boyhood ambitions. Daniel Craig
ambition people looks
Something I don't like seeing in other people is naked ambition, when somebody is really pushing hard to get to where they want to be. That's the way I look at that word - like you must be stepping on someone to get there. And I've never been comfortable with that. Clive Owen
ambition play light
Darkness always had its part to play. Without it, how would we know when we walked in the light? It’s only when its ambitions become too grandiose that it must be opposed, disciplined, sometimes—if necessary—brought down for a time. Then it will rise again, as it must. Clive Barker
ambition aim-high aim
Aim High, Drive hard. Donald Trump
ambition i-can areas
I can't sing. Definitely no ambition in that area. Corin Nemec
ambition men may
From the loving example of one family a whole State may become loving, and from its courtesies, courteous; while from the ambition and perverseness of the one man the whole State may be thrown into rebellious disorder. Such is the nature of influence. Confucius
ambition champion becoming
Having the ambition of becoming Olympic champion is a whole different ambition from wanting to be the greatest. Daley Thompson
ambition thinking people
We spend a lot of time bickering at great cost, and very little time actually coming up with solutions. And I think we misuse our ambition for our own gains and rarely for the betterment of ourselves, and people around us and our environment. And I think that's sort of pathetic and desperate. Dave Matthews
ambition serious know-me
My ambition is to not embarrass myself--which, if you know me, is a pretty serious ambition. David Lipsky
ambition sound signatures
My ambition is to further create a signature sound, a signature spirit, that makes some kind of contribution to music in general. David Lee Roth
ambition mirrors faces
I see my face in the mirror, and I said, No, my ambition is not to be an actor. Dino De Laurentiis
ambition hard-work attachment
Seeking can become stressful when you apply the same laws that you apply in the material world - hard work, exacting plans, driving ambition, and attachment to outcome. Deepak Chopra
ambition burning accomplished
I had a burning ambition. Otherwise, I wouldn't have accomplished it Claire Bloom
ambition summit my-ambition
I have reached the summit of my ambition. Andrew Johnson
ambition people political
From the earliest ages of history to the present day there have never been thirteen millions of people associated in one political body who enjoyed so much freedom and happiness as the people of these United States. You have no longer any cause to fear dangers from abroad ... It is from within, among yourselves - from cupidity, from corruption, from disappointed ambition and inordinate thirst for power - that factions will be formed and liberty endangered ... Andrew Jackson
ambition writing dull-life
Our friendship was like our writing in some ways. It was the only thing that was interesting about our otherwise dull lives. We were better off when we were together. Together we were a small society of ambition and high ideals. We were tender and patient and kind. We were not like the world at all. Ann Patchett
ambition climbing practice
Mountains are not stadiums where I satisfy my ambition to achieve, they are the cathedrals where I practice my religion. Anatoli Boukreev
ambition responsibility tears
It is easier to kill than to heal. It is easier to destroy than to preserve. It is easier to tear down than to build. Those who feed on destructive emotions and ambitions and deny the responsibilities that are the price of wielding power can bring down everything you care for and would protect. Be on guard, always. Anne Bishop
ambition play villain
It's been a lifetime ambition of mine to play an 007 villain. Angelina Jolie
ambition order greed
You've got to drop something. You've got to drop illusions. You don't have to add anything in order to be happy; you've got to drop something. Life is easy, life is delightful. It's only hard on your illusions, your ambitions, your greed, your cravings. Anthony de Mello
ambition greed life-is
Life is easy, life is delightful. It's only hard on your illusions, your ambitions, your greed, your cravings.
ambition careers tenacity
Whatever ambivalence I felt about my own career, Frankie more than made up for it with his ambition and tenacity. Annette Funicello
ambition humility actors
An actor should always let humility outweigh ambition. Anna Kendrick