Quotes about Ambition
Then James and John, the sons of Zebedee, came to Jesus and declared, “Teacher, we want You to do for us whatever we ask.”
- Mark 10:35
They answered, “Grant that one of us may sit at Your right hand and the other at Your left in Your glory.”
- Mark 10:37
saying, ‘This man could not finish what he started to build.’
- Luke 14:30
A dispute also arose among the disciples as to which of them would be considered the greatest.
- Luke 22:24
Already you have all you want. Already you have become rich. Without us, you have become kings. How I wish you really were kings, so that we might be kings with you!
- 1 Corinthians 4:8
The former, however, preach Christ out of selfish ambition, not sincerely, supposing that they can add to the distress of my chains.
- Philippians 1:17
Brothers, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead,
- Philippians 3:13
But if you harbor bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast in it or deny the truth.
- James 3:14
For where jealousy and selfish ambition exist, there will be disorder and every evil practice.
- James 3:16
Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go to this or that city, spend a year there, carry on business, and make a profit.”
- James 4:13
Your past is important, but it is not nearly as important to your present as the way you see your future.
- Tony Campolo
We cannot continue to provide for their needs, then fault them for lacking ambition to improve their situation." They had borrowed a small one-horse
- Tracie Peterson