1,853 Quotes About Ambition

When Norman O. Brown said that Western society since Newton, no matter how scientific or secular it claims to be, is still as “religious” as any other, this is what he meant: “civilized” society is a hopeful belief and protest that science, money and goods make man count for more than any other animal.

Isana laughed. "And you, lady? Are you a woman of conscience or of ambition?"The lady smiled. "That's a question rarely asked here at court.""And why is that?""Because a woman of conscience would tell you that she is a person of conscience. A woman of ambition would tell you that she is a person of conscience—only much more convincingly.

The unique fingerprint of every individual defines our unique purpose and mission on earth.

The most annoying pain is perceived when a man is living without a purpose.

From my boyhood I have had an intense and overwhelming conviction that my real vocation lay in the direction of literature. I have, however, had a most unaccountable difficulty in getting any responsible person to share my views.- Cyprian Overbeck Wells: A Literary Mosaic

Let anger fuel your passion. Let rejection fuel your determination. Let failure fuel your ambition.

Those with less curiosity or ambition just mumble that God works in mysterious ways. I intend to catch him in the act.

If the pushing-yourself-forward is the engine, then the patting-yourself-on-the-back should be the oil to keep going.

Ich werde nicht alles erreichen, was ich will, aber ich werde alles probieren, was ich kann.