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“Ambition is an uncomfortable companion many times. He creates a discontent with present surroundings and achievements; he is never satisfied but always pressing forward to better things in the future. Restless, energetic, purposeful, it is ambition that makes of the creature a real man.”

Men Real Creatures Achievement Ambition Satisfied Uncomfortable Companion Restless Surroundings Discontent Energetic Real Men Pressing Forward

Author:Lyndon B. Johnson

“It is a true observation of ancient writers, that as men are apt to be cast down by adversity, so they, are easily satiated with prosperity, and that joy and grief produce the same effects. For whenever men are not obliged by necessity to fight they fight from ambition, which is so powerful a passion in the human breast that however high we reach we are never satisfied.”

Men Humans Joy Fighting Passion Powerful Grief Effects Produce Ambition Adversity Ancient Casts Prosperity Satisfied Observation Breasts Obliged Joy And Grief

Author:Niccolo Machiavelli

“Once you've been number one, you can never be satisfied with less.”

Numbers Ambition Satisfied

Author:Chris Evert

“The highly ambitious person, in spite of all his successes, always remains dissatisfied, in the same way as a greedy baby is never satisfied.”

Way Persons Baby Ambition Remains Satisfied Spite Ambitious Greedy Dissatisfied Ambitious Person

Book:Envy and Gratitude

Source: Envy and Gratitude

“No pleasure or success in life quite meets the capacity of our hearts. We take in our good things with enthusiasm, and think ourselves happy and satisfied; but afterward, when the froth and foam have subsided, we discover that the goblet is not more than half-filled with the golden liquid that was poured into it.”

Thinking Heart Enough Pleasure Half Ambition Capacity Filled Good Things Satisfied Golden Enthusiasm Success In Life Liquid Foam

Book:Goose-quill Papers

Source: Goose-quill Papers

“It took me some time to learn that although every one secretly cherishes the ambition to be 'put in a book,' no one is ever satisfied with anything save incense, butter, and honey, unrelieved by salt or spice.”

Book Ambition Satisfied Cherish Honey Salt Spices Incense

Author:Gertrude Atherton

“A spot whereon the founders lived and died Seemed once more dear than life; ancestral trees, Or gardens rich in memory glorified Marriages, alliances, and families, And every bride's ambition satisfied.”

Memories Rich Tree Ambition Garden Died Dear Nostalgia Satisfied Spots Founders Alliances Brides

Book:The Collected Works of W.B. Yeats Vol X: Later Article: Uncollected Articles, Reviews, and Radio Broadcasts Written After 1900

Source: The Collected Works of W.B. Yeats Vol X: Later Article: Uncollected Articles, Reviews, and Radio Broadcasts Written After 1900

“I'm probably never going to be satisfied with anything we do. I think there's always the possibility of doing better. And I'd say we're doing better than we were a year ago, in terms of delivery and quality of service, but nowhere near what we should be doing .”

Thinking Should Years Term Quality Possibility Ambition Years Ago Satisfied Delivery

Author:Steve Case

“I will be satisfied if my epitaph shall be written thus: 'Here lies one who never rose to any eminence, who only courted the low ambition to have it said that he striven to ameliorate the condition of the poor, the lowly, the downtrodden of every race and language and color.'”

Ifs Said Lying Language Poor Race Written Conditions Color Ambition Lows Rose Satisfied Epitaph Eminence Downtrodden

Book:The Selected Papers of Thaddeus Stevens, Volume 1: April 1865-August 1868

Source: The Selected Papers of Thaddeus Stevens, Volume 1: April 1865-August 1868