Ambition, and Covetousnesse are Passions that are perpetually incumbent, and pressing. Votes: 3
Thomas HobbesAmbition is the incentive that makes purpose GREAT and ACHIEVEMENT greater! Votes: 3
Orison Swett MardenAmbition characterizes and distinguishes national officeholders from other kinds of human beings. Votes: 3
Tom CottonAmbition without principle never was long under the guidance of good sense. Votes: 3
Alexander HamiltonAmbition is ever tempered by experience. Otherwise, fortune makes fools of us all. Votes: 3
Mark KingwellAmbition is the path to success, persistence is the vehicle you arrive in. Votes: 3
William Eardley IV...great Ambition, unchecked by principle, or the love of Glory, is an unruly Tyrant... Votes: 3
Alexander HamiltonAmbition has its disappointments to sour us, but never the good fortune to satisfy us. Votes: 3
Benjamin FranklinAmbition first sprung from your blest abodes: the glorious fault of angels and of gods. Votes: 3
Alexander PopeBut wild Ambition loves to slide, not stand, And Fortune's ice prefers to Virtue's land. Votes: 3
John DrydenAmbition displeases when it has been sated ... having reached the peak, it aspires to descend. Votes: 3
Pierre Corneille[T]he different branches of Arithmetic - Ambition [G]eometry is not true, it is advantageous. Votes: 3
Henri PoincareAmbition is exhausting. It makes you friends with people for the wrong reasons, just like drugs. Votes: 3
Carrie FisherHe was contemplation and enthusiasm. Ambition and strong coffee. I could have looked at him forever. Votes: 3
E. LockhartAmbition is a lust that is never quenched, but grows more inflamed and madder by enjoyment. Votes: 3
Thomas OtwayAmbition may be defined as the willingness to receive any number of hits on the nose. Votes: 3
Wilfred OwenAmbition is a funny thing. You can completely screw yourself with it if you're not careful. Votes: 3
Simon Le BonAmbition has one heel nailed in well, though she stretch her fingers to touch the heavens. Votes: 3
William LillyAmbition has one heel nailed in well, though she stretch her fingers to touch the heavens. Votes: 3
Lao TzuAmbition, if it were to be savored, let alone achieved, had to be rooted in possibility. Votes: 3
P. D. JamesThe desire to reach for the stars is ambitious. The desire to reach hearts is wise. Votes: 3
Maya AngelouAmbition is sneered at by some bands. It seems like a pretty good thing to me. Votes: 3
Alex KapranosI've known people with exceptional talent - and some have wasted it. Ambition spurs a man on. Votes: 3
Geoffrey BoycottAmbition is something you turn into a plan to create an online personality, a brand, a network. Votes: 3
Cris MazzaAmbition is not what a man would do, but what a man does, for ambition without action is fantasy. Votes: 3
Bryant H. McGillAmbition that centers on the glory of God and welfare of the church is a mighty force for good. Votes: 3
J. Oswald SandersAmbition does not see the earth she treads on: The rock and the herbage are of one substance to her. Votes: 3
Walter Savage LandorI invite everyone to chose forgiveness rather than division, teamwork over personal ambition. Votes: 1
Jean-Francois CopeYou cannot kill a breeze, a wind, a fragrance; you cannot kill a dream or an ambition. Votes: 1
Michel OnfrayThe fact that I was a girl never damaged my ambitions to be a pope or an emperor. Votes: 1
Willa CatherThe man of petty ambition if invited to dinner will be eager to be set next his host. Votes: 1
TheophrastusInterest, ambition, fortune, time, temper, love, all kill friendship. Votes: 0
Philibert Joseph RouxPhilosophy, while it soothes the reason, damps the ambition. Votes: 0
Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron LyttonLove, desire, ambition, faith. Without them life's so simple, believe me. Votes: 0
Daniel MainwaringOnly ambition is fired by the coincidences of success and easy accomplishment. Votes: 0
Stefan ZweigHow like a mounting devil in the heart rules the unreined ambition. Votes: 0
Nathaniel Parker WillisAll sporting ambition considered, there should always be a relationship to Germany. Votes: 0
Oliver BierhoffWithout cunning, there is no innovation. Without ambition, there is no accomplishment. Votes: 0
J. K. RowlingWhen once ambition has passed its natural limits, its progress is boundless. Votes: 0
Seneca the YoungerI've always affirmed, nobody's ambition is worth the blood of any Nigerian. Votes: 0
Goodluck JonathanTake away ambition and vanity, and where will be your heroes and patriots? Votes: 0
Seneca the YoungerA cardinal American virtue, 'ambition,' promotes a cardinal American vice, 'deviant behavior. Votes: 0
Robert K. MertonFrom my infancy I was imbued with high hopes and a lofty ambition. Votes: 0
Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleySuccess come only through high ambition, good guidance, strong will, determining and effort. Votes: 0
Santonu Kumar DharCromwell, I charge thee, fling away ambition: By that sin fell the angels ... Votes: 0
William ShakespeareAn objective is an ambition, and life without ambition is ... well, aimless wandering. Votes: 0
Alfred WainwrightAll sins have their origin in a sense of inferiority otherwise called ambition. Votes: 0
Cesare PaveseIf you have a burning ambition and desire, absolutely anything can be achieved. Votes: 0
Jahangir KhanThat sense of ambition, of aspiration, of moving forward, will be very important Votes: 0
Hazel BlearsFive great enemies of peace inhabit us: avarice, ambition, envy, anger and pride. Votes: 0
Ralph Waldo EmersonOne thing all stage mothers share is an overpowering ambition for their daughters. Votes: 0
Lawrence WelkOur zeal works wonders, whenever it supports our inclination toward hatred, cruelty, ambition. Votes: 0
Michel de MontaigneAnyone with great ambition, great vision, and great passion can be a great person. Votes: 0
Debasish MridhaNothing arouses ambition so much in the heart as the trumpet-clang of another's fame. Votes: 0
Baltasar GracianSometimes, it is best to listen, ask the super question, for ambition is hustle. Votes: 0
Raheem DevaughnAs falls the dew on quenchless sands, blood only serves to wash ambition's hands. Votes: 0
Lord ByronIn the professional world of leadership ambition and potential are the most excessive commodities. Votes: 0
Noel DeJesusI see a boy with his mother's ambition, performing for love, trained in submission. Votes: 0
Pete TownshendIt's been my ambition for about 30 years to do a full- length animation film. Votes: 0
Paul McCartneyA dream without ambition is like a car without gas... you're not going anywhere. Votes: 0
Sean HamptonLong before they slump into poverty, great powers succumb to a poverty of ambition. Votes: 0
Mark SteynExercising adaptive leadership is about giving meaning to your life beyond your own ambition. Votes: 0
Ronald A. HeifetzWhat is your greatest ambition in life?' 'To become immortal... and then die. Votes: 0
Jean-Luc GodardThe experience awakened 'my tremendous musical ambition, which has never subsided to this day. Votes: 0
Georg SoltiAnyone can be an entrepreneur. All it takes is a little drive and ambition. Votes: 0
Robert KiyosakiJust being a mediocre driver has never been my ambition. That's not my style. Votes: 0
Michael SchumacherQuite often, ambition operates on a level of irritation. Not even jealousy, just irritation. Votes: 0
Geoff DyerMy ambition in life: to become successful enough to resume my career as a neurasthenic. Votes: 0
Mason CooleyLove often leads on to ambition, but seldom does one return from ambition to love. Votes: 0
Francois de La Rochefoucauld[I like in Kanye West] confidence in him, but also his aggressiveness, ambition and charisma. Votes: 0
Young ThugThat which is given with pride and ostentation is rather an ambition than a bounty. Votes: 0
Lucius Annaeus SenecaA reality shaped around your own desires -- there is something sociopathic in that ambition. Votes: 0
Zadie SmithThat which is given with pride and ostentation is rather an ambition than a bounty. Votes: 0
Seneca the YoungerElections to office, which are the great objects of ambition, I look at with terror! Votes: 0
John AdamsIt's so funny, actors usually have a directing ambition. I've got no ambition for directing. Votes: 0
Majandra DelfinoSome slaves are scoured to their work by whips, others by their restlessness and ambition. Votes: 0
John RuskinWhat is ambition but desire of greatness? And what is greatness but extent of power? Votes: 0
Thomas HiggonsWe cannot free ourselves from pride and selfish ambition; a divine rescue is absolutely necessary. Votes: 0
C. J. MahaneyMany people wants to be the president...they have ambition. Just ambition is not enough. Votes: 0
Vitali KlitschkoThere is power in ambition, pleasure in luxury...but envy can gain nothing but vexation. Votes: 0
Michel de MontaigneMy one remaining professional ambition is to read the shipping forecast. I live in hope. Votes: 0
Samuel WestI admire the ambition of the project, and the generosity of many of the lines. Votes: 0
Robert FaglesMy ambition comes from my passion: finding what I love and then expanding on that. Votes: 0
Miranda KerrIf we deny our anger, our pain, our ambition, or our goodness, we will suffer. Votes: 0
M. Scott PeckI never had the ambition to be something. I had the ambition to do something. Votes: 0
Walter CronkiteIs it possible to have too much ambition? Is it possible to be too successful? Votes: 0
Lloyd BlankfeinWe're not all nice, and there are a lot of levels of ambition and niceness. Votes: 0
Heather DonahueThe biggest changes in a women's nature are brought by love; in man, by ambition Votes: 0
Rabindranath TagoreIt has always been my dream and ambition to introduce Irish dancing to the world. Votes: 0
Michael FlatleyWhat is my loftiest ambition? I've always wanted to throw an egg at an electric fan. Votes: 0
Oliver Herford...and while ambition sleeps inside of me I content myself with memories of glitter and despair. Votes: 0
Mark TwightNeat trick: to be roused to ambition and reconciled to one's mediocrity at the same time. Votes: 0
Mason CooleyI had a life-long ambition to be a professional baseball player, but nobody would sign me. Votes: 0
Gerald R. FordMix judgement with ambition and season it with energy. It makes a splendid recipe for success. Votes: 0
Dale CarnegieIt is my ambition to say in ten sentences what others say in a whole book. Votes: 0
Friedrich NietzscheWomen are but the toys which amuse our lighter hours---ambition is the serious business of life. Votes: 0
Walter ScottDon't let ambition get so far ahead that it loses sight of the job at hand. Votes: 0
William FeatherI have never taken my career seriously. My only ambition was to grow as an actor. Votes: 0
Val KilmerI can't wait for the iPhone 6. It's my only ambition in life to have it quickly. Votes: 0
Karl LagerfeldNeither poetry, nor ambition, nor love have any alertness of countenance as they pass by me. Votes: 0
John KeatsMy ambition is to not embarrass myself--which, if you know me, is a pretty serious ambition. Votes: 0
David LipskyTalent is crucial. It needs to be driven by motivation, but blind ambition isn't the key. Votes: 0
Lily ColeI'm living in the present. I have no ambition. It's true. But I want to live. Votes: 0
Gerard DepardieuI never had ambition to become president of the state or to accomplish more than men. Votes: 0
Dalia GrybauskaiteIf boyhood and youth are but vanity, must it not be our ambition to become men? Votes: 0
Vincent Van GoghMy ambition is to unfold the sources of India in the profound plane of human nature. Votes: 0
Sarvepalli RadhakrishnanValuing time with your family does not mean you've lost your ambition. Define success for yourself. Votes: 0
Claire ShipmanMaking fun of anyone who seeks happiness rather than money and accusing them of "lacking ambition." Votes: 0
Paulo CoelhoMy mother carried on and supported us; her ambition had been to write poetry and songs. Votes: 0
Philip LevineIt's not a burning ambition for me to make sure that David Beckham earns less money. Votes: 0
Tony BlairIn the same way Marxism robs workers of ambition, Feminism robs men and women of love. Votes: 0
Stefan MolyneuxWhether we fall by ambition, blood or lustLike diamonds, we are cut with our own dust Votes: 0
John WebsterIt seems that ambition makes most people wish to be loved rather than to love others. Votes: 0
AristotleTo eat at another's table is your ambition's height. [Lat., Bona summa putes, aliena vivere quadra.] Votes: 0
JuvenalThe same ambition can destroy or save, and make a patriot as it makes a knave. Votes: 0
Alexander PopeA man without ambition is like a beautiful worm - it can creep, but it cannot fly. Votes: 0
Henry Ward BeecherMy ambition is not to be just a good fighter. I want to be great, something special. Votes: 0
Sugar Ray LeonardGratitude looks to the Past and love to the Present; fear, avarice, lust, and ambition look ahead. Votes: 0
C. S. LewisWill we ever understand the price of ambition, or ever apply our heart to life with submission? Votes: 0
Francisco LeonIf i can't even protect my captain's dream, then whatever ambition i have is nothing but talk.. Votes: 0
ZoroA pen is certainly an excellent instrument to fix a man's attention and to inflame his ambition. Votes: 0
John AdamsPut aside ambition for public recognition, and simply do what you do because it feels good inside. Votes: 0
Alan CohenTo feel ambition and to act upon it is to embrace the unique calling of our souls. Votes: 0
Steven PressfieldIt is the constant fault and inseparable evil quality of ambition, that it never looks behind it. Votes: 0
Seneca the YoungerMy primary ambition is to be a fiction writer... Being a critic wasn't an aspiration of mine. Votes: 0
Walter KirnI was four when I announced my ambition to write, eight when I began publishing such claims. Votes: 0
Taiye SelasiA man without ambition is worse than dough that has no yeast in it to raise it. Votes: 0
Henry Ward BeecherYou quit, you lose. You keep going, you may still lose. But, your ambition will never die. Votes: 0
Gurbaksh ChahalI have a much greater ambition to be the best racket player than the best prose writer. Votes: 0
William HazlittWhether we fall by ambition, blood, or lust, like diamonds we are cut with our own dust. Votes: 0
John WebsterI am trying so very hard to stay in the moment despite the ferocity of my ambition. Votes: 0
Roxane GayMen often pass from love to ambition, but they seldom come back again from ambition to love. Votes: 0
Francois de La RochefoucauldI can be intolerably jealous and I think that's what's driven me. My ambition knows no end. Votes: 0
Jonathan Rhys MeyersBut see how oft ambition's aims are cross'd, and chiefs contend 'til all the prize is lost! Votes: 0
Alexander PopeI did not want to be depressed by the gap existing between my weakness and my ambition. Votes: 0
Ella MaillartThe dearest ambition of a slave is not liberty, but to have a slave of his own. Votes: 0
Richard Francis BurtonMy biggest ambition over everything is to have kids. It feels great. I'd love a big family. Votes: 0
Rafe SpallTo forego even ambition when the end is gained - who can say this is not greatness? Votes: 0
William Makepeace ThackerayFew are more unhappy than those who have great ambition, but little energy to urge it into activity. Votes: 0
Norm MacDonaldIn essence, I set myself the objective of doing what I feel is right without having any ambition. Votes: 0
Andrea BocelliAny city has to give some thought to its ambition and brand in order to set sustainability goals. Votes: 0
Ginni RomettyAnybody with any ambition at all, or intelligence, has left Canada and is now living in New York. Votes: 0
Tucker CarlsonMy ambition is to become one of those actresses that is like a chameleon that you don't recognize. Votes: 0
Alexandra RoachTo be seen is the ambition of ghosts, and to be remembered is the ambition of the dead. Votes: 0
Norman O. BrownWe now know most things that can be measured in this world, except the bounds of human ambition! Votes: 0
Jules VerneThe bulk of mankind have indeed, in all countries in their turn, been made the prey of ambition. Votes: 0
Mercy Otis WarrenMy boyhood ambition was to be able to earn my own living, without the help of anybody, anywhere, Votes: 0
Herbert HooverFrog in the mud is happier than the man, because it has no ambition to reach the stars! Votes: 0
Mehmet Murat ildanCertain dressmakers desire to pass for an artist. I have one ambition: that is to have good taste. Votes: 0
Jean PatouMy sole ambition as a composer is to hurl my javelin into the infinite space of the future. Votes: 0
Franz LisztI wanted it to be as readable as possible. I had the ambition of reaching a broader audience. Votes: 0
Adrian TomineThere is not a man in America who has not had a secret ambition to boot an infant. Votes: 0
W. C. FieldsMy ambition didn't grow out of nowhere. It was planted in me by a community that nurtured me. Votes: 0
Michael Eric DysonFinally I am coming to the conclusion that my highest ambition is to be what I already I am. Votes: 0
Thomas MertonI see my face in the mirror, and I said, No, my ambition is not to be an actor. Votes: 0
Dino De LaurentiisMy first ambition was to be an animator for Walt Disney. Then I wanted to be a magazine cartoonist. Votes: 0
John UpdikeIt is astonishing what you can do when you have a lot of energy, ambition and plenty of ignorance. Votes: 0
Alfred P. SloanThe way is open to everybody who has the will, the ambition, the respect for work, and the IT. Votes: 0
Elsa SchiaparelliTo reach the height of our ambition is like trying to reach the rainbow; as we advance it recedes. Votes: 0
Edmund BurkeI think trying to be cool is the worst possible ambition - and I have never suffered from it. Votes: 0
Ben EltonI always thought it'd be fun to write something, but it never was an ambition of mine, per se. Votes: 0
Glenn HowertonAs the country now turns a new leaf, our ambition is to give hope to each and every Afghan. Votes: 0
Hamid KarzaiThe whole life is a succession of dreams. My ambition is to be a conscious dreamer, that is all. Votes: 0
Swami VivekanandaThe fuel of ambition is not the problem; it is the focus of ambition that frees or betrays us. Votes: 0
Erwin McManusIt is admirable to die the victim of one's faith; it is sad to die the dupe of one's ambition. Votes: 0
Alphonse de LamartineWhen I was in college, I had only one ambition that one day I would like to be a director. Votes: 0
Yash ChopraOh that I were seated as high as my ambition, I'd place my naked foot on the necks of monarchs. Votes: 0
Horace WalpoleI've experienced love and ambition and desire in my life, but never in the same way as in a family. Votes: 0
Claire DenisMy ambition when I started out was to play two or three gigs a week. And that's what I'm doing. Votes: 0
Van MorrisonAm I ambitious? I used to be afraid of that word but now I think ambition is a good thing. Votes: 0
Vera FarmigaMy ambition is to do what I like and to do good things that I might not have done before. Votes: 0
Martin FreemanMy ambition was always to show aspects of daily life as if we were seeing them for the first time. Votes: 0
BrassaiA lot of people have the ambition, but they never ask themselves, Do I really believe I can do this? Votes: 0
Brendon BurchardThe West for me means ambition, the East contentment. My heart is ever in one, my soul in the other. Votes: 0
Ameen RihaniI see my face in the mirror, and I said, 'No, my ambition is not to be an actor.' Votes: 0
Dino De LaurentiisI have no desire to play King Lear or Hamlet. I never had a grand ambition. I just followed my nose. Votes: 0
Liam NeesonI had no ambition to be a writer because the books I read were too good, my standards were too high. Votes: 0
Haruki Murakami