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“Ambition is the desire to go forward and improve one's condition. It is a burning flame that lights up the life of the individual and makes him see himself in another state. To be ambitious is to be great in mind and soul. To want that which is worth while and strive for it. To go on without looking back, reaching to that which gives satisfaction.”
Source: Philosophy and Opinions of Marcus Garvey
“Ambition is the ecclesiastical lust.”
“Ambition is the germ from which all growth of nobleness proceeds.”
“Ambition is the grand enemy of all peace.”
“Ambition is the great fire, it's the liberator of the
unconscious person. No goals, no growth; no clarity, no change.”
“Ambition is the immoderate desire for honor.”
“Ambition is the incentive that makes purpose GREAT and ACHIEVEMENT greater!”
“Ambition is the intellectual equivalent of body odour.”
Source: The Roman Guide to Slave Management: A Treatise by Nobleman Marcus Sidonius Falx
“Ambition is the last refuge of the failure.”
“Ambition is the mind's immodesty.”
“Ambition is the path to success. Persistence is the vehicle you arrive in.”
“Ambition is the subtlest beast of the intellectual and moral field. It is wonderfully adroit in concealing itself from its owner.”
“Ambition is the working capital for the business of success”
“Ambition is to be the fastest runner on this planet, to be the first on the South Pole, which is a grotesque perversion of ambition. It's an ego trip, and I'm not on an ego trip. I don't have ambitions - I have a vision.”
“Ambition is to the mind what the cap is to the falcon; it blinds us first, and then compels us to tower by reason of our blindness.”
Source: Lacon: Or, Many Things in Few Words, Addressed to Those who Think
“Ambition is torment enough for an enemy; for it affords as much discontentment in enjoying as in want, making men like poisoned rats, which, when they have tasted of their bane, cannot rest till they drink, and then can much less rest till they die”
Source: The Works of Joseph Hall: Devotional works; Miscellaneous theology
“Ambition is violence, the very effort to succeed in the world is violent.”
“Ambition is vital, but dangerous: it is a keen motive and a driving force, but over what edge can it drive the artist?”
Source: Affirmations for Artists
“Ambition is your inner voice that tells you, you can, and should, strive to go beyond your circumstances or situation in life.”
“Ambition is, of all other, the most contrary humor to solitude; and glory and repose are so inconsistent that they cannot possibly inhabit one and the same place; and for so much as I understand, those have only their arms and legs disengaged from the crowd, their mind and intention remain engaged behind more than ever.”
“Ambition it is the last infirmity of noble minds.”
“Ambition like a liquid ruby stains.”
Source: Babel-17
“Ambition makes more trusty slaves than need”
Source: The Dramatic Works of Ben Jonson, and Beaumont and Fletcher
“Ambition makes the same mistake concerning power that avarice makes concerning wealth. She begins by accumulating power as a means to happiness, and she finishes by continuing to accumulate it as an end.”
Source: Remarks on the Talents of Lord Byron and the Tendencies of Don Juan
“Ambition makes you look pretty ugly
Kicking, squealing Gucci little piggy.”
“Ambition may be defined as the willingness to receive any number of hits on the nose.”
Source: Delphi Complete Works of Wilfred Owen (Illustrated)
“Ambition means tying your well-being to what other people say or do. Self-indulgence means tying it to the things that happen to you. Sanity means tying it to your own actions.”
Source: Meditations: A New Translation
“Ambition must be made to counteract ambition.”
“Ambition never comes to an end.”
“Ambition never is in a greater hurry that I; it merely keeps pace with circumstances and with my general way of thinking.”
“Ambition often puts Men upon doing the meanest offices; so climbing is performed in the same position with creeping.”
“Ambition or contentment? This simple question led me back to a more balanced view of life and put me in touch with the Me I used to know.”
“Ambition robs you of your childhood. The moment you want to become an adult—in any way—something in your childhood dies.”
Source: In One Person: A Novel
“Ambition should be made of sterner stuff.”
“Ambition strives. At first for goals, until it reaches them. Then for more, because it's insatiable.”
“Ambition sufficiently plagues her proselytes, by keeping themselves always in show, like the statue of a public place.”
“Ambition that centers on the glory of God and welfare of the church is a mighty force for good.”
Source: Earthen Vessels: Devotional Thoughts from the Best of J. Oswald Sanders
“Ambition, the feeling of self-preservation and patriotism all pointed in the same direction. In his childhood, as in his later career, Atatürk was not alone in his choices. But he was unique in his abilities.”
Source: Atatürk: The Biography of the Founder of Modern Turkey
“Ambition thinks no face so beautiful as that which looks from under a crown.”
Source: Aphorisms of Sir Philip Sidney: With Remarks
“Ambition wants us to improve our lot, basically, but I can't help thinking we're pursuing a return to a technological Eden. We do try to create a paradise on Earth, because we are hubristic and we want to surpass this notion of God and then ourselves become gods.”
“Ambition will take you And ride you too far and Conservatism bring you to boredom once more Sit down by the river And watch the stream flow Recall all the dreams That you once used to know The things you've forgotten That took you away To pastures not greener but meaner.”
“Ambition will, and should, always outstrip achievement.”
Source: Letters to Alice
“Ambition without contribution is of no significance.”
“Ambition without knowledge is like a boat on dry land -movie - Karate kid"What is the calculus of innovation?" "The calculus of innovation is really quite simple: knowledge drives innovation, innovation drives productivity, productivity drives our economic growth."”
“Ambition without principle never was long under the guidance of good sense.”
Source: The Works of Alexander Hamilton: Correspondence [contin.] 1795-1804; 1777; 1791. Letters of H. G. 1789. Address to public creditors. 1790. Vindication of funding system. 1791
“Ambition! powerful source of good and ill!”
Source: The Complaint; Or, Night Thoughts
“Ambition! We must be careful what we mean by it. If it means the desire to get ahead of other people - which is what I think it does mean - then it is bad. If it means simply wanting to do a thing well, then it is good. It isn't wrong for an actor to want to act his part as well as it can possibly be acted, but the wish to have his name in bigger type than the other actors is a bad one.”
Source: God in the Dock
“Ambition's debt is paid.”
“Ambition's monstrous stomach does increase
By eating, and it fears to starve, unless
It still may feed, and all it sees devour;
Ambition is not tir'd with toll nor cloy'd with power.”
“Ambition, and Covetousnesse are Passions that are perpetually incumbent, and pressing.”