Quotes on ambition

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.

Author: Giorgio Armani

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.

Author: Tallulah Bankhead

Ambition it is the last infirmity of noble minds.

Author: J. Barrie

Ambition - it is the last infirmity of noble minds.

Author: James Barrie

Dare to dream beyond the stars, for in reaching for the unknown, you may discover the extraordinary within yourself.

Author: Michelle Obama

Ambition. An overmastering desire to be vilified by enemies while living and made ridiculous by friends when dead.

Author: Ambrose Bierce

My only ambition is to be true every moment I am living.

Author: Juliette Binoche

Maybe wanting to retire is my ambition.

Author: Brenda Blethyn

I had a burning ambition. Otherwise, I wouldn't have accomplished it.

Author: Claire Bloom

Ambition never is in a greater hurry that I; it merely keeps pace with circumstances and with my general way of thinking.

Author: Napoleon Bonaparte

It's stasis that kills you off in the end, not ambition.

Author: Bono

Ambition is not what man does... but what man would do.

Author: Robert Browning

A young man without ambition is an old man waiting to be.

Author: Steven Brust

This source of corruption, alas, is inherent in the democratic system itself, and it can only be controlled, if at all, by finding ways to encourage legislators to subordinate ambition to principle.

Author: James Buckley

Ambition can creep as well as soar.

Author: Edmund Burke

A youthful mind is seldom totally free from ambition; to curb that, is the first step to contentment, since to diminish expectation is to increase enjoyment.

Author: Frances Burney

Obscurity can be a fire of ambition in those who have stalwart souls.

Author: Taylor Caldwell

I've got a great ambition to die of exhaustion rather than boredom.

Author: Thomas Carlyle

Where ambition can cover its enterprises, even to the person himself, under the appearance of principle, it is the most incurable and inflexible of passions.

Author: Angela Carter

I didn't know then that I would never be able to leave the sounds and smells of these sights behind me, but I was fiercely conscious of one thing-my ambition.

Author: Emanuel Celler

Ambition is a drug that makes its addicts potential madmen.

Author: Emile Cioran

I had ambition not only to go farther than any man had ever been before, but as far as it was possible for a man to go.

Author: Joseph Conrad

Ambition leads me not only farther than any other man has been before me, but as far as I think it possible for man to go.

Author: James Cook

Ambition aspires to descend.

Author: Pierre Corneille

All my ambition is, I own, to profit and to please unknown; like streams supplied from springs below, which scatter blessings as they go.

Author: Charles Cotton

My ambition is to be happy.

Author: Penelope Cruz

As a youngster, I enjoyed sport and my ambition was to be a great sportsman.

Author: Lynn Davies

If you have ambition, you might not achieve anything, but without ambition, you are almost certain not to achieve anything.

Author: Whitfield Diffie

I'm just a ballplayer with one ambition, and that is to give all I've got to help my ball club win. I've never played any other way.

Author: Joe DiMaggio

We're not all nice, and there are a lot of levels of ambition and niceness.

Author: Heather Donahue

There is a loftier ambition than merely to stand high in the world. It is to stoop down and lift mankind a little higher.

Author: Henry Dyke

Somebody ought to tell him his ambition is showing.

Author: Harry Essex

Don't let ambition get so far ahead that it loses sight of the job at hand.

Author: William Feather

I used to think I had ambition... but now I'm not so sure. It may have been only discontent. They're easily confused.

Author: Rachel Field

Dream big, work hard, stay focused, and surround yourself with good people who will lift you higher.

Author: Michelle Obama

Ambition is an idol, on whose wings great minds are carried only to extreme; to be sublimely great or to be nothing.

Author: Shakti Gawain

For those with ambition, reality is more of a creation than an unalterable certainty.

Author: Lori Guinn

The true measure of success is not in how well you fit in, but in how boldly you stand out.

Author: Angela Yu

My one ambition is to play a hero.

Author: Sessue Hayakawa

What is my loftiest ambition? I've always wanted to throw an egg at an electric fan.

Author: Oliver Herford

Life is about finding the balance between chasing dreams and embracing reality.

Author: Sophia Lee

My biggest ambition is never to be bored. I'm not aggressive enough to strongly run after being an actress.

Author: Anjelica Huston

But we need to show that the EU can modernise itself, can adapt to the needs of its citizens, can take their views into account. That will be our ambition for the UK Presidency.

Author: John Hutton

Among those best known, their highest ambition is to build American homes, possess American furniture, dress in American clothes, adopt the American style of living and be American citizens.

Author: Sheldon Jackson

The preserve of ambition and folly in pursuit of illusion, or delusion.

Author: Derek Jarman

A wise man is cured of ambition by ambition itself; his aim is so exalted that riches, office, fortune and favour cannot satisfy him.

Author: Samuel Johnson

Ambition makes more trusty slaves than need.

Author: Ben Jonson

Never let inexperience get in the way of ambition.

Author: Terry Josephson

Ambition never comes to an end.

Author: Kenneth Kaunda

I wanted to be an outstanding player, that was my ambition.

Author: Imran Khan

Life is a canvas, make sure to paint it with the colors of your own choosing.

Author: Anita Roddick

An once of hypocrisy is worth a pound of ambition.

Author: Michael Korda

An ounce of hypocracy is worth a pound of ambition.

Author: Michael Korda

My nomination to be Governor was not to gratify ambition.

Author: Lajos Kossuth

I will not become a Napoleon nor an Alexander, and labour for my own ambition; but I will labour for freedom and for the moral well-being of man.

Author: Lajos Kossuth

My ambition in high school was to be a high school coach and teacher, and that's still what I do: teach.

Author: Mike Krzyzewski

Ambition is a poor excuse for not having sense enough to be lazy.

Author: Milan Kundera

Ambition is but avarice on stilts, and masked.

Author: Walter Landor

You want the book to be special, and they are not always going to be special, but at least you want that to be the ambition. So the only way that happens is if you are not pressing to write a book.

Author: Michael Lewis

Ambition is so powerful a passion in the human breast, that however high we reach we are never satisfied.

Author: Henry Longfellow

Ambition must be made to counteract ambition.

Author: James Madison

I did not want to be depressed by the gap existing between my weakness and my ambition.

Author: Ella Maillart

Me only have one ambition, y'know. I only have one thing I really like to see happen. I like to see mankind live together - black, white, Chinese, everyone - that's all.

Author: Bob Marley

His ambition is to be the spider in the World Wide Web.

Author: John McCarthy

Success is not defined by how many obstacles you avoid, but by how many you overcome with resilience and determination.

Author: Amanda Gorman

Ambition can be a disease, and it feeds on itself.

Author: Rebecca Miller

My ambition when I started out was to play two or three gigs a week. And that's what I'm doing.

Author: Van Morrison

My ambition is to do a good job. I never plan anything.

Author: Ilie Nastase

I can't sing. Definitely no ambition in that area.

Author: Corin Nemec

It is my ambition to say in ten sentences what others say in a whole book.

Author: Friedrich Nietzsche

The aphorism in which I am the first master among Germans, are the forms of "eternity"; my ambition is to say in ten sentences what everyone else says in a book - what everyone else does not say in a book.

Author: Friedrich Nietzsche

My ambition was to stop waiting tables. That was how I measured success: finally, I was able to stop waiting tables, and I was able to pay the rent, and that was by being a stand-up comic. Not a very good stand-up comic, but good enough to make a living.

Author: Graham Norton

Ambition is a lust that is never quenched, but grows more inflamed and madder by enjoyment.

Author: Thomas Otway

Ambition may be defined as the willingness to receive any number of hits on the nose.

Author: Wilfred Owen

There's no secret about my ambition, I do not want to go into the House of Commons. My only real political interest is in London and if one day I'm in a position to run for mayor, then terrific.

Author: Trevor Phillips

The same ambition can destroy or save, and make a patriot as it makes a knave.

Author: Alexander Pope

Build your own dreams, or someone else will hire you to build theirs.

Author: Farrah Gray

Though ambition in itself is a vice, yet it is often the parent of virtues.

Author: Marcus Quintilian

Though ambition itself be a vice, yet it is often times the cause of virtues.

Author: Quintilian

Do you have any ambitions outside racing? My main ambition at the moment, whether inside or outside racing, is to become Formula 1 World Champion.

Author: Kimi Raikkonen

What likelihood is there of corrupting a man who has no ambition?

Author: Samuel Richardson

My ambition is to go back to Spurs and Rangers in some capacity and give something back that they gave to me.

Author: Graham Roberts

What seems to be generosity is often no more than disguised ambition, which overlooks a small interest in order to secure a great one.

Author: Francois Rochefoucauld

Our aversion to lying is commonly a secret ambition to make what we say considerable, and have every word received with a religious respect.

Author: Francois Rochefoucauld

Ambition is pitiless. Any merit that it cannot use it finds despicable.

Author: Eleanor Roosevelt

The universe is not required to be in perfect harmony with human ambition.

Author: Carl Sagan

That which is given with pride and ostentation is rather an ambition than a bounty.

Author: Lucius Seneca

Ambition should be made of sterner stuff.

Author: William Shakespeare

Ambition, if it feeds at all, does so on the ambition of others.

Author: Susan Sontag

My craziest ambition is to take John Madden's job and salary.

Author: Michael Strahan

The man of petty ambition if invited to dinner will be eager to be set next his host.

Author: Theophrastus

Dare to dream of a life so extraordinary, it becomes your reality.

Author: Amara Taylor

I wasn't really interested in doing television. I don't have that much ambition. My agent, Eileen Feldman, has all the ambition for me.

Author: Meg Tilly

I am still full of ambition.

Author: Jan Timman

It is a grand thing to rise in the world. The ambition to do so is the very salt of the earth. It is the parent of all enterprise, and the cause of all improvement.

Author: Anthony Trollope

I have no ambition to surprise my reader. Castles with unknown passages are not compatible with my homely muse.

Author: Anthony Trollope

My own ambition in the ring had always been skillful boxing, speed and defense - on the order of Mike Gibbons.

Author: Gene Tunney

Ambition has one heel nailed in well, though she stretch her fingers to touch the heavens.

Author: Lao Tzu

Oh that I were seated as high as my ambition, I'd place my naked foot on the necks of monarchs.

Author: Horace Walpole

The bulk of mankind have indeed, in all countries in their turn, been made the prey of ambition.

Author: Mercy Warren

Whether we fall by ambition, blood, or lust, like diamonds we are cut with our own dust.

Author: John Webster

One thing all stage mothers share is an overpowering ambition for their daughters.

Author: Lawrence Welk

I think we still believe that ambition is for boys.

Author: Jeanette Winterson

Success is not defined by the trophies we display, but by the battles we've fought in silence.

Author: Sarah Johnson

True success is not in reaching the destination, but in enjoying the journey along the way.

Author: Jennifer Lopez

Success is not defined by the speed of your journey, but by the strength of your conviction along the way.

Author: Angela Yu

Don't let the fear of failure hold you back from pursuing your dreams. Embrace the challenges, for they will only make your victory that much sweeter.

Author: Megan Smith

Success is not determined by the size of your dreams, but by the discipline with which you pursue them.

Author: Angela Davis

Success is not defined by the heights you reach, but by the depth of your character.

Author: Angela Bassett

The best way to predict the future is to create it yourself.

Author: Abraham Lincoln

Life is about constantly evolving and never settling for mediocrity.

Author: Sophia Loren

Chase your dreams with wild abandon, for it is better to fail gloriously in pursuit of passion than to live a life of quiet desperation.

Author: Sarah Jones

Success is not about finding the right path, but creating your own trail through the wilderness of opportunities.

Author: Samantha Jones

Do not let fear hold you back from chasing your dreams, for courage is the key to unlocking endless possibilities.

Author: Maria Mitchell

Success is not in the destination, but in the journey of relentlessly pursuing our dreams.

Author: Angela Davis

Success is not defined by the trophies on your shelf, but by the fire in your heart.

Author: Amanda Gorman

Don't let the fear of the unknown hold you back from chasing your wildest dreams.

Author: Marie Curie

Success is not defined by the height of the mountain you climb, but by the strength of the character you display at each step of the journey.

Author: Michelle Obama

Do not wait for the world to give you permission to shine, create your own spotlight and illuminate the path ahead.

Author: Sonia Sotomayor

Dare to dream big, for the journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.

Author: Maya Angelou

Do not let the fear of failure hold you back from pursuing your dreams, for true success lies in the journey, not just the destination.

Author: Michelle Obama

The only way to discover your limits is by pushing past them.

Author: Kelly Clarkson

Dare to dream boldly, for it is in the realm of the audacious that greatness is found.

Author: Mary Shelley

Taking risks is the price you must pay to avoid a lifetime of regrets.

Author: Amanda Johnson

Dare to dream big, for in pursuit of the extraordinary lies the potential for greatness.

Author: Angela Davis

Embrace the challenges that come your way, for they are simply opportunities for growth.

Author: Jennifer Lopez

Pursue your own path, for it is in the unconventional journey where true greatness lies.

Author: Marie Curie

Embrace the chaos within you, for it is the catalyst for your wildest dreams.

Author: Serena Williams

Success is not measured by the number of accomplishments, but by the amount of courage it takes to pursue your dreams.

Author: Amanda Gorman

Success isn't just about reaching the top, but about staying true to yourself on the way up.

Author: Michelle Obama

Success is not determined by how well you fit in, but by how boldly you stand out.

Author: Samantha Jones

It's better to be at the bottom of a ladder you want to climb, than halfway up one you don't.

Author: Stephen McCranie

Chase your dreams relentlessly, for they hold the key to your boundless potential.

Author: Michelle Obama

Dare to dream big and defy the limitations, for in your ambition lies the power to create your own reality.

Author: Sophia Vasquez

The only limits that exist are the ones you place upon yourself. Break free and soar beyond your wildest dreams.

Author: Michelle Obama

Chase your dreams with passion, for in the pursuit lies the greatest fulfillment.

Author: Maria Mitchell

Chase your dreams fearlessly, for only in pursuing the unknown do we discover our true potential.

Author: Maya Angelou

Success is not about climbing the ladder of society, but rather building your own staircase.

Author: Michael Jordan

Success is not about reaching the destination, but embracing the journey with open arms.

Author: Serena Williams

Success isn't about reaching the top, but about staying true to yourself on the climb.

Author: Jennifer Lopez

Success is not measured by what you accomplish, but by the obstacles you overcome in pursuit of your dreams.

Author: Michelle Obama

Life is a canvas, and it is up to us to paint our own masterpiece with the colors of our dreams and the strokes of our actions.

Author: Sophia Miller

Success is not about getting to the top, but staying true to yourself as you climb.

Author: Angelina Jolie

Embrace the chaos of life, for within its twists and turns you will find your true path.

Author: Serena Williams

The only limits that exist are the ones we believe in; dare to dream beyond them.

Author: Sara Blakely

Embrace your uniqueness, for authenticity is the key to unlocking the doors of true success.

Author: Jennifer Lopez

Dare to dream big, for it is only through embracing our wildest aspirations that we truly discover our limitless potential.

Author: Michelle Obama

Success is not about getting to the top, but about staying true to yourself while climbing the ladder.

Author: Michelle Obama

The only limit to creation is your own imagination, so dare to dream bigger than you ever thought possible.

Author: Jennifer Lopez

Be the architect of your own destiny; mold your life with the bricks of ambition, passion, and perseverance.

Author: Sophia Campbell