Quotes about Ambition

Our Lord never taught against the urge to high achievement, but He did expose and condemn unworthy motivation.

All Christians are called to develop God-given talents, to make the most of their lives, and to develop to the fullest their God-given gifts and capabilities. But Jesus taught that ambition that centers on the self is wrong.

Holy ambition has always been surrounded by distortions.

Never look down to test the ground before taking your next step; only he who keeps his eye fixed on the far horizon will find the right road.

Instead of worrying about what people say of you, why not spend time trying to accomplish something they will admire.

Men of age object too much, consult too long, adventure too little, repent too soon, and seldom drive business home to the full period, but content themselves with a mediocrity of success.

If you are not in the process of becoming the person you want to be, you are automatically engaged in becoming the person you don't want to be.

The vision must be followed by the venture. It is not enough to stare up the steps - we must step up the stairs.

If you're bored with life - you don't get up every morning with a burning desire to do things - you don't have enough goals.

Meaninglessness woos us into spending our one shot at life on insignificant and trivial things. If we are not vigilant, we drift from God's glorious ambition for our lives, losing sight of anything remotely grand, trading God-instilled passion for an easier and more often traveled road. And if our hearts aren't awakened by majesty, our lives soon shrink into little bits of nothingness.

Some of us have incredible potential, but we don't want to try anything bold because we don't want to fail. The easy choice: live in the relative safety of mediocrity because we think that's better than rejection.

Chances are good that you once had a dream—a big, noble, beautiful dream—that you could envision coming true, but that dream was snatched away. An experience like that leaves you longing for a comeback.