My Ambition Quotes - Page 2

• A young man without ambition is an old man waiting to be.

  Steven Brust

  Ambition, Men, Waiting

  Steven Brust (2003). “The Paths of the Dead: Book One of the Viscount of Adrilankha”, p.83, Macmillan

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• The slave has but one master, the ambitious man has as many as there are persons whose aid may contribute to the advancement of his fortunes.

  Jean de la Bruyere

  Work, Ambition, Men

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• If you have a great ambition, take as big a step as possible in the direction of fulfilling it. The step may only be a tiny one, but trust that it may be the largest one possible for now.

  Mildred H. McAfee

  Motivational, Trust, Courage

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• The men who succeed are the efficient few. They are the few who have the ambition and will power to develop themselves.

  Robert Burton

  Inspirational, Confidence, Ambition

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• So that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat.

  Theodore Roosevelt

  Courage, Badass, Military

  Address at the Sorbonne, Paris, 23 Apr. 1910. Richard M. Nixon quoted this passage in his address to the nation announcing his decision to resign the presidency, 8 Aug. 1974. See Theodore Roosevelt 1; Theodore Roosevelt 2; Theodore Roosevelt 5

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• Ambition is not a vice of little people.

  Michel de Montaigne

  Inspirational, Ambition, People

  Michel de Montaigne (2016). “Delphi Complete Works of Michel de Montaigne (Illustrated)”, p.1269, Delphi Classics

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• To be happy at home is the ultimate result of all ambition.

  Samuel Johnson

  Gratitude, Home, Ambition

  Samuel Johnson (1824). “The works of Samuel Johnson”, p.431

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• It is the constant fault and inseparable evil quality of ambition, that it never looks behind it.

  Seneca the Younger

  Ambition, Evil, Quality

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• Ambition is a lust that is never quenched, but grows more inflamed and madder by enjoyment.

  Thomas Otway

  Philosophy, Ambition, Lust

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• Most people would succeed in small things if they were not troubled with great ambitions.

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

  Inspirational, Motivational, Time

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, J. D. McClatchy (2000). “Poems and Other Writings”, p.796, Library of America

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• Every man is said to have his peculiar ambition.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Ambition, Men, Peculiar

  Abraham Lincoln (2008). “Speeches and Letters of Abraham Lincoln(1832-1865) (EasyRead Super Large 20pt Edition)”, p.3, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• As falls the dew on quenchless sands, blood only serves to wash ambition's hands.

  Lord Byron

  Fall, Ambition, Blood

  George Gordon Byron, “Don Juan: Canto The Ninth”

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• Great ambition is the passion of a great character. Those endowed with it may perform very good or very bad acts. All depends on the principles which direct them.

  Napoleon Bonaparte

  Leadership, War, Character

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• Ambition is so powerful a passion in the human breast, that however high we reach we are never satisfied.

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

  Stars, Powerful, Passion

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• Nothing is too high for the daring of mortals: we storm heaven itself in our folly.

  Horace

  Ambition, Heaven, Storm

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• Greatly begin. Though thou have time, but for a line, be that sublime. Not failure, but low aim is crime.

  James Russell Lowell

  Ambition, Sublime, Lines

  James Russell Lowell (1871). “The poetical works of James Russell Lowell”, p.382

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• Ambition is a poor excuse for not having sense enough to be lazy.

  Milan Kundera

  Inspirational, Funny, Ambition

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• Not failure, but low aim, is crime.

  James Russell Lowell

  Inspirational, Fear, Educational

  James Russell Lowell (1871). “The poetical works of James Russell Lowell”, p.382

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• Every man is said to have his peculiar ambition. Whether it be true or not, I can say for one that I have no other so great as that of being truly esteemed of my fellow men, by rendering myself worthy of their esteem.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Motivational, Honesty, Ambition

  Abraham Lincoln (2008). “Speeches and Letters of Abraham Lincoln(1832-1865) (EasyRead Super Large 20pt Edition)”, p.3, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• Nothing can be more destructive to ambition, and the passion for conquest, than the true system of astronomy. What a poor thing is even the whole globe in comparison of the infinite extent of nature!

  Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle

  Passion, Ambition, Astronomy

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• Don't let ambition get so far ahead that it loses sight of the job at hand.

  William Feather

  Jobs, Ambition, Sight

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• All ambitions are lawful except those which climb upward on the miseries or credulities of mankind.

  Joseph Conrad

  Ambition, Feet, Literature

  Some Reminiscences (1912; in USA entitled "A Personal Record") p. 19

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• The Artist always has the masters in his eyes.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Ambition, Eye, Artist

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• Ambition is a Dead Sea fruit, and the greatest peril to the soul is that one is likely to get precisely what he is seeking.

  Edward Dahlberg

  Work, Ocean, Ambition

  Edward Dahlberg (1967). “Alms for Oblivion”, U of Minnesota Press

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• Ambition has its disappointments to sour us, but never the good fortune to satisfy us. Its appetite grows keener by indulgence and all we can gratify it with at present serves but the more to inflame its insatiable desires.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Disappointment, Ambition, Desire

  Benjamin Franklin (1839). “Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin”, p.15

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