Ambition Quotes

Rise above sectional interests and private ambitions... Pass from matter to spirit. Matter is diversity; spirit is light, life and unity.

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

The utter folly of our time is lamentable, that men should think to assist God with human help and to protect the Church of Christ by worldly ambition.

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

Your ambition outweighed your talent

I know nothing more worthy of a man's ambition than that his son be the best of men.

The average Hollywood film star's ambition is to be admired by an American, courted by an Italian, married to an Englishman and have a French boyfriend.

Violence among all people is based on dissatisfaction, frustration and crushed ambition and people who don't know who to strike at and who to blame, and not willing to blame themselves.

We may never be martyrs but we can die to self, to sin, to the world, to our plans and ambitions. That is the significance of baptism; we died with Christ and rose to new life.

Secret of my success was to have ambition and know minds of men.

Ambition is not a dirty word. Piss on compromise. Go for the throat.

Lust is to the other passions what the nervous fluid is to life; it supports them all, lends strength to them all ambition, cruelty, avarice, revenge, are all founded on lust.

My ambition didn't grow out of nowhere. It was planted in me by a community that nurtured me.

The most absurd and reckless aspirations have sometimes led to extraordinary success.

Driving by my ambitions, desire higher positions, to see eternally and my mission, to be more than just a rap musician.

We become just by the practice of just actions, self-controlled by exercising self-control, and courageous by performing acts of courage.

The very substance of the ambitious is merely the shadow of a dream.

There is no evil that does not promise inducements. Avarice promises money; luxury, a varied assortment of pleasures; ambition, a purple robe and applause. Vices tempt you by the rewards they offer.

He who blinded by ambition, raises himself to a position whence he cannot mount higher, must thereafter fall with the greatest loss.

Driving race cars was an avenue for me to learn how to build my own car, and that was my ambition all along.

Life is easy, life is delightful. It's only hard on your illusions, your ambitions, your greed, your cravings.

Ambition, like a torrent, never looks back.

A man without ambition is dead. A man with ambition but no love is dead. A man with ambition and love for his blessings here on earth is ever so alive.

To succeed in life in today's world, you must have the will and tenacity to finish the job .

Basically you have to suppress your own ambitions in order to be who you need to be.

If any of you have a desire to be mediocre, you will probably find that you have already achieved your ambition.

My ambition when I was four years old was to be married.

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

Tell the students to give up their small ambitions and come eastward to preach the gospel of Christ.

Remember that life holds out many pleasing deceits to us by the vanity of glory; for that when we are beginning to live, then we are dying. There is, therefore, nothing more profitless than ambition.

It is love and friendship, the sanctity and celebration of our relationships, that not only support a good life, but create one. Through friendships, we spark and inspire one another's ambitions.

I think it was [Jean-Luc] Godard who said that life is nothing but a bad copy of film, but then our ambition must be to make better films and better shapes of forms that are given in life.

Every man is said to have his peculiar ambition.

If your life is motivated by your ambition to leave a legacy, what you'll probably leave as a legacy is ambition.

Not everyone is going to like what you do or what you have to offer. However, if you can’t see yourself doing anything else, and you have the drive and ambition, get the training and go for it.

The greatest achievement is to outperform yourself.

Ambition is your inner voice that tells you, you can, and should, strive to go beyond your circumstances or situation in life.

I never had any ambition to be a star, or whatever it is called, and I'm still embarrassed at the word.

The treacheries of ambition never cease.

Our destiny changes with our thought; we shall become what we wish to become, do what we wish to do, when our habitual thought corresponds with our desire.

Finally I am coming to the conclusion that my highest ambition is to be what I already I am.

I'm not driven by killer ambition. I'm not a workaholic. I'm a good team player. I don't have to be captain, but I do want to play on a winning team.

I haven't ever had any ambition in my life. I just drift from day to day with a stupid grin on my face.

People — running from unhappiness, hiding in power — are locked within their reputations, ambitions, beliefs.

There is nothing else that so kills the ambitions of a person as criticisms from superiors. I never criticize anyone...If I like anything, I am hearty in my approbation and lavish in my praise.

I do have big ambitions, but I think we all do. I just want to keep working hard and being happy.

I am inclined by nature to be optimistic about the capacity of a person to rise higher than he or she has thought possible once interest and ambition are aroused.

There are no ambitions noble enough to justify breaking someone's heart.

At the age of 12 my ambition was to become a gangster. To be a wiseguy. Being a wiseguy was better than being President of the United States. To be a wiseguy was to own the world.

Hitch your wagon to a star.