1,853 Quotes About Ambition

When merciless ambition, or mad zeal, has led two hosts of dupes to battlefield, That, blind, they there may dig each other's graves, And call the sad work glory...

I instantly chucked my academic ambitions and began writing fiction full-time.

Being kind is the most important thing I've ever been taught. That's what my parents always told me - more important than ambition or success is being kind to people. The cornerstone of my life. What I aspire to is to be kind.

Being kind is the most important thing Ive ever been taught. Thats what my parents always told me - more important than ambition or success is being kind to people. The cornerstone of my life. What I aspire to is to be kind.

Friendships that are first grounded in the shared professional ambitions - social stuff is built around that - and then you see people pulling each other up as they rise.

Vanity makes people ridiculous, pride odious, and ambition terrible.

There can be no fairer ambition than to excel in talk; to be affable, gay, ready, clear, and welcome.

It's okay to have personal ambitions, but you have to take someone with you.

Ambition drove many men to become false; to have one thought locked in the breast, another ready on the tongue.