Quotes about Ambition
He knows nothing; he thinks he knows everything - that clearly points to a political career.
— George Bernard Shaw
An ass may bray a good while before he shakes the stars down.
— George Eliot
If I were to wish for anything, I should not wish for wealth and power, but for the passionate sense of the potential, for the eye which, ever young and ardent, sees the possible ... what wine is so sparkling, so fragrant, so intoxicating, as possibility!
— Soren Kierkegaard
Inferiors revolt in order that they may be equal, and equals that they may be superior.
— Aristotle
As you go along your road in life, you will, if you aim high enough, also meet resistance ... but no matter how tough the opposition may seem, have courage still-and persevere.
— Madeleine Albright
Nothing can resist a will which will stake even existence upon its fulfillment.
— Benjamin Disraeli
That some should be rich shows that others may become rich, and hence is just encouragement to industry and enterprise.
— Abraham Lincoln
Shall a man go and hang himself because he belongs to the race of pygmies, and not be the biggest pygmy that he can?
— Henry David Thoreau
The secret of success is constancy to purpose.
— Benjamin Disraeli
If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavours to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.
— Henry David Thoreau
Always bear in mind that your own resolution to success is more important than any other one thing.
— Abraham Lincoln
No one reaches a high position without daring.
— Publilius Syrus