1,853 Quotes About Ambition

A lion knows hunger, not fear.

Be clear about your direction.  

The hidden hand of ambition is in the rewards of the determined.

How difficult the task to quench the fire and the pride of private ambition, and to sacrifice ourselves and all our hopes and expectations to the public weal! How few have souls capable of so noble an undertaking!

We become just by the practice of just actions, self-controlled by exercising self-control, and courageous by performing acts of courage.

It seems that ambition makes most people wish to be loved rather than to love others.

I am a first-time director given an opportunity to pursue an artistic ambition I would not likely have the chance to elsewhere. The budget is excruciatingly tight, I am regularly abused and I expect to be fired sometime before we shoot. It's nice to see that, at Miramax, continuity has been maintained.

I think that we may have to be content with a little less, ... But if that happens, it does not mean lowering the ambition of the round.

We will not lower the level of ambition of the round. If necessary we may lower the level of expectation for Hong Kong,