Ambition Quotes

Small: Ambition often puts Men upon doing the meanest offices so climbing is performed in the same position with cree
A. C. Benson
"Ambition often puts Men upon doing the meanest offices; so climbing is performed in the same position with creeping"
A. C. Benson, Author
Small: The men who succeed are the efficient few. They are the few who have the ambition and will power to develop th
"The men who succeed are the efficient few. They are the few who have the ambition and will power to develop themselves"
Robert Burton
Small: As a teenager I was so insecure. I was the type of guy that never fitted in because he never dared to choose.
Johnny Depp
"As a teenager I was so insecure. I was the type of guy that never fitted in because he never dared to choose. I was convinced I had absolutely no talent at all. For nothing. And that thought took away all my ambition too"
Johnny Depp, Actor
Small: Women who seek to be equal with men lack ambition
"Women who seek to be equal with men lack ambition"
Timothy Leary, Educator
Small: Maybe wanting to retire is my ambition
"Maybe wanting to retire is my ambition"
Brenda Blethyn, Actress
Small: I think when people talk about ambition and talking to him, it might have seemed that he wasnt ambitious
"I think when people talk about ambition and talking to him, it might have seemed that he wasn't ambitious"
Alan Hansen, Athlete
Small: Independence is not a whim or an ambition. It is the necessary condition of our survival as an ethnic group
"Independence is not a whim or an ambition. It is the necessary condition of our survival as an ethnic group"
Aslan Maskhadov, Politician
Small: If it awakens in us as a whole how important that is - the theme of how conquest and ambition are meaningless
"If it awakens in us as a whole how important that is - the theme of how conquest and ambition are meaningless without contribution - I think then as a society we're in better shape. I hope people are inspired to be the best"
Rob Morrow, Actor
Small: My only ambition is to be true every moment I am living
Juliette Binoche
"My only ambition is to be true every moment I am living"
Juliette Binoche, Actress
Small: My one ambition was to go to Broadway, and I never gave up on that dream
David Hasselhoff
"My one ambition was to go to Broadway, and I never gave up on that dream"
David Hasselhoff, Actor
Small: Mel is nuts. He puts on a suit and a tie and acts like a normal person so people think hes okay. Hes definitel
"Mel is nuts. He puts on a suit and a tie and acts like a normal person so people think he's okay. He's definitely out in left field. He's got the ambition of a boy"
Dom DeLuise, Actor
Small: I did not want to be depressed by the gap existing between my weakness and my ambition
"I did not want to be depressed by the gap existing between my weakness and my ambition"
Ella Maillart, Writer
Small: All I wanted to do was write - at the time, poems, and prose, too. I guess my ambition was simply to make mone
"All I wanted to do was write - at the time, poems, and prose, too. I guess my ambition was simply to make money however I could to keep myself going in some modest way, and I didn't need much, I was unmarried at the time, no children"
Paul Auster, Author
Small: My mother carried on and supported us her ambition had been to write poetry and songs
"My mother carried on and supported us; her ambition had been to write poetry and songs"
Philip Levine, Poet
Small: Ambition can be a disease, and it feeds on itself
"Ambition can be a disease, and it feeds on itself"
Rebecca Miller, Director
Small: Lincolns stature and strength, his intelligence and ambition - in short, all the elements which gave him popul
"Lincoln's stature and strength, his intelligence and ambition - in short, all the elements which gave him popularity among men in New Salem, rendered him equally attractive to the fair sex of that village"
John George Nicolay, Writer
Small: Whatever success I may have attained is due to the fact that since I was old enough to work at all, my ambitio
"Whatever success I may have attained is due to the fact that since I was old enough to work at all, my ambition has never deserted me"
Anna Held, Entertainer
Small: Its incredible considering the public perception that he was tight fisted and he was more than prudent, and la
"It's incredible considering the public perception that he was tight fisted and he was more than prudent, and lacked ambition to take Tottenham to where the fans wanted them to be"
Alan Hansen, Athlete
Small: My ambition when I started out was to play two or three gigs a week. And thats what Im doing
"My ambition when I started out was to play two or three gigs a week. And that's what I'm doing"
Van Morrison, Musician
Small: It was an easy choice to return with Lotus Renault GP as I have been impressed by the scope of the teams ambit
"It was an easy choice to return with Lotus Renault GP as I have been impressed by the scope of the team's ambition"
Kimi Raikkonen, Celebrity
Small: There werent a lot of career opportunities in crazy-fast hardcore punk, so you didnt have a lot of ambition, j
Dave Grohl
"There weren't a lot of career opportunities in crazy-fast hardcore punk, so you didn't have a lot of ambition, just the love and passion to play music with your friends"
Dave Grohl, Musician
Small: One thing all stage mothers share is an overpowering ambition for their daughters
"One thing all stage mothers share is an overpowering ambition for their daughters"
Lawrence Welk, Musician
Small: You see, my ambition was not to confound the engineering world but simply to create a beautiful piece of art
"You see, my ambition was not to confound the engineering world but simply to create a beautiful piece of art"
Kit Williams, Author
Small: My ambition is to go back to Spurs and Rangers in some capacity and give something back that they gave to me
"My ambition is to go back to Spurs and Rangers in some capacity and give something back that they gave to me"
Graham Roberts, Actor
Small: When I was young, my ambition was to be one of the people who made a difference in this world. My hope is to l
"When I was young, my ambition was to be one of the people who made a difference in this world. My hope is to leave the world a little better for having been there"
Jim Henson, Entertainer
Small: Before we got married, I had tremendous ambition. Once we got married and I started having children, then I ju
"Before we got married, I had tremendous ambition. Once we got married and I started having children, then I just thought that that was my real life. Steve was definitely more ambitious than I"
Eydie Gorme, Musician
Small: I see my face in the mirror, and I said, No, my ambition is not to be an actor
"I see my face in the mirror, and I said, No, my ambition is not to be an actor"
Dino De Laurentiis, Director
Small: Ambition is a Dead Sea fruit, and the greatest peril to the soul is that one is likely to get precisely what h
"Ambition is a Dead Sea fruit, and the greatest peril to the soul is that one is likely to get precisely what he is seeking"
Edward Dahlberg, Novelist
Small: Human nature must have come much nearer perfection than it is now, or will be in many generations, to exclude
"Human nature must have come much nearer perfection than it is now, or will be in many generations, to exclude from such a control prejudice, selfishness, ambition, and injustice"
Elihu Root, Lawyer
Small: Im definitely responsible for the image that I put out there. But it does become frustrating, because I dont w
"I'm definitely responsible for the image that I put out there. But it does become frustrating, because I don't want 'sexy' to be my defining characteristic. I'd love for my ambition and will and intellect and sense of humour to define me as well"
Eva Mendes, Actress
Small: If the leader is filled with high ambition and if he pursues his aims with audacity and strength of will, he w
"If the leader is filled with high ambition and if he pursues his aims with audacity and strength of will, he will reach them in spite of all obstacles"
Karl Von Clausewitz, Soldier
Small: My craziest ambition is to take John Maddens job and salary
"My craziest ambition is to take John Madden's job and salary"
Michael Strahan, Athlete
Small: Were not all nice, and there are a lot of levels of ambition and niceness
"We're not all nice, and there are a lot of levels of ambition and niceness"
Heather Donahue, Actress
Small: Public life is regarded as the crown of a career, and to young men it is the worthiest ambition. Politics is s
"Public life is regarded as the crown of a career, and to young men it is the worthiest ambition. Politics is still the greatest and the most honorable adventure"
Pat Riley, Coach
Small: The preserve of ambition and folly in pursuit of illusion, or delusion
"The preserve of ambition and folly in pursuit of illusion, or delusion"
Derek Jarman, Director
Small: The greatest evil which fortune can inflict on men is to endow them with small talents and great ambition
"The greatest evil which fortune can inflict on men is to endow them with small talents and great ambition"
Luc de Clapiers, Writer
Small: All my ambition is, I own, to profit and to please unknown like streams supplied from springs below, which sca
"All my ambition is, I own, to profit and to please unknown; like streams supplied from springs below, which scatter blessings as they go"
Charles Cotton, Poet
Small: I didnt know then that I would never be able to leave the sounds and smells of these sights behind me, but I w
"I didn't know then that I would never be able to leave the sounds and smells of these sights behind me, but I was fiercely conscious of one thing-my ambition"
Emanuel Celler, Politician
Small: The failure of women to produce genius of the first rank in most of the supreme forms of human effort has been
"The failure of women to produce genius of the first rank in most of the supreme forms of human effort has been used to block the way of all women of talent and ambition for intellectual achievement"
Anna Garlin Spencer
Small: The experience awakened my tremendous musical ambition, which has never subsided to this day
"The experience awakened 'my tremendous musical ambition, which has never subsided to this day"
Georg Solti, Musician