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“I said that he was my superior in observation and deduction. If the art of the detective began and ended in reasoning from an armchair, my brother would be the greatest criminal agent that ever lived. But he has no ambition and no energy. He will not even go out of his way to verify his own solutions, and would rather be considered wrong than take the trouble to prove himself right.”

Source: The Best of Sherlock Holmes

“The trouble with fulfilling your ambitions is you think you will be transformed into some sort of archangel and you're not. You still have to wash your socks.”

Thinking Stills Trouble Ambition Transformed Fulfilling Sock Archangel

Author:Louis de Bernieres

“Сrucially, that crescent moon icon on your phone, the 'Do Not Disturb' function, you need to know what that is. If you don't know what that is you're in trouble. My ambition is to use that once a day.”

Trouble Moon Ambition My Ambition

Author:Jeremy Vine

“...Your trouble, William, is that you have no ambition. You don't see that there is in life only ever one goal.' 'And what is that?' More', George said simply. 'Just more of anything. More of everything.”

Said Goal Trouble Ambition

Book:The Other Boleyn Girl (Movie Tie-In)

Source: The Other Boleyn Girl (Movie Tie-In)

“The world is full of people who are determined to be somebody or to give trouble. They want to get ahead, to stand out. Such ambition has no use for a gung fu man, who rejects all forms of self-assertiveness and competition”

People Men World Want Giving Self Use Form Trouble Ambition Competition Determined Rejects Standing Out Get Ahead Assertiveness

Book:Bruce Lee The Tao of Gung Fu: A Study in the Way of Chinese Martial Art

Source: Bruce Lee The Tao of Gung Fu: A Study in the Way of Chinese Martial Art

“I'm over the Oscar thing. I feel that if you really want an Oscar, you're in trouble. It's like wanting to be married - you'll take anybody. If you want the Oscar really badly, it becomes a naked desire and ambition. It becomes very unattractive. I've seen it.”

Ifs Want Feels Desire Acting Trouble Ambition Married Naked Oscars Being Married Unattractive

Author:Bill Murray

“Without ambition one starts nothing. Without work one finishes nothing. The prize will not be sent to you. You have to win it. The man who knows how will always have a job. The man who also knows why will always be his boss. As to methods there may be a million and then some, but principles are few. The man who grasps principles can successfully select his own methods. The man who tries methods, ignoring principles, is sure to have trouble.”

Knows Men Trying May Jobs Winning Work Principles Millions Know How Trouble He Man Ambition Method Prize Boss Select My Ambition Try Me

Author:Ralph Waldo Emerson

“The trouble with military rule is that every colonel or general is soon full of ambition. The navy takes over today and the army tomorrow.”

Today Trouble Military Tomorrow Ambition Army Navy Colonels

Author:Yakubu Gowon

“It is indolence... Indolence and love of ease; a want of all laudable ambition, of taste for good company, or of inclination to take the trouble of being agreeable, which make men clergymen. A clergyman has nothing to do but be slovenly and selfish; read the newspaper, watch the weather, and quarrel with his wife. His curate does all the work and the business of his own life is to dine.”

Source: 8 Books in 1: Jane Austen's Complete Novels. Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice, Mansfield Park, Emma, Northanger Abbey, Persuasion, Lady Susan, and Love an