1,853 Quotes About Ambition

Other people's success is not your failure.

The best thing you can do is trying your best.

If you make your own rules in life, rather than going by those laid down by others, you find that it becomes a lot more enjoyable.

That was the real difference, Ferguson concluded. Not too little money or too much money, not what a person did or failed to do, not buying a larger house or a more expensive car, but ambition. That explained why Brownstein and Solomon managed to float through their lives in relative peace—because they weren’t tormented by the curse of ambition.

A truly successful person is not one who achieves his highest ambitions, but one who enjoys helping others reach theirs.

Ambition is a dream with a V8 engine.

Lord, grant that I may always desire more than I can accomplish.

The ambition of men compels them to break even the most heartfelt vows.

If you don't have the ambition to be the very best at what you do, then what's the point? If you aim for greatness but keep missing -- fine. At least you had the guts to aim. There's honour in failing that way. But there's nothing honourable about settling for mediocrity.