1,853 Quotes About Ambition

everyone endeavors as much as possible to make others love what he loves, and to hate what he hates... This effort to make everyone approve what we love or hate is in truth ambition, and so we see that each person by nature desires that other persons should live according to his way of thinking...

In the days when I was ambitious I worked out a very pretty little plan for conquering the whole earth and rearranging things as they ought to be; and when, in the end, everything became so good it almost began to be boring, then I was going to stuff my pockets with as much money as I could lay hands on and creep away, vanish in some cosmopolis and sit at a corner cafe and drink absinthe and enjoy seeing how everything went to the devil as soon as I wasn't on the scene any more.

Reality Sucks, I want my dreams back.

Ambition was a dull pain, like a continually broken heart.

Ambition is the bridge between reality and living a dream.

The finest of athletes have, along with skill, a few more essential qualities: to conduct their life with dignity, with integrity, with courage and modesty. All these, are totally compatible with pride, ambition, determination and competitiveness

Look beyond what you can see, Think Potential

Ambition is a drug that turns it's addicts into potential madmen.

Roger was not personally ambitious; he mainly wanted life not to make too many demands on him.