My Ambition Quotes - Page 4

• It seems to me we can never give up longing and wishing while we are thoroughly alive. There are certain things we feel to be beautiful and good, and we must hunger after them.

  George Eliot

  Beautiful, Witty, Giving Up

  George Eliot (2005). “Four Novels of George Eliot”, p.1147, Wordsworth Editions

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• Ambition is the germ from which all growth of nobleness proceeds.

  Oscar Wilde

  Determination, Ambition, Growth

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• Ambition often puts Men upon doing the meanest offices; so climbing is performed in the same position with creeping.

  A. C. Benson

  Work, Ambition, Men

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• A noble man compares and estimates himself by an idea which is higher than himself, and a mean man, by one lower than himself.

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Ambition, Mean, Men

  Henry Ward Beecher (1858). “Life Thoughts”, p.77

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• Ambition has one heel nailed in well, though she stretch her fingers to touch the heavens.

  William Lilly

  Inspirational, Motivation, Ambition

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• I had no ambition to make a fortune. Mere money-making has never been my goal, I had an ambition to build.

  John D. Rockefeller

  Money, Attitude, Ambition

  John D. Rockefeller (2015). “John D. Rockefeller on Making Money: Advice and Words of Wisdom on Building and Sharing Wealth”, p.16, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

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• Ambition is the way in which a vulgar man aspires.

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Ambition, Men, Noble Man

  Henry Ward Beecher (1858). “Life Thoughts”, p.77

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• Vaulting ambition, which o'erleaps itself And falls on the other side

  William Shakespeare

  Fall, Ambition, Lady Macbeth

  'Macbeth' (1606) act 1, sc. 7, l. 16

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• They [i.e. ambitious men] may not cease, but as a dog in a wheel, a bird in a cage, or a squirrel in a chain, so Budaeus compares them; they climb and climb still, with much labour, but never make an end, never at the top.

  Robert Burton

  Dog, Business, Ambition

  "The Anatomy of Melancholy". Book by Robert Burton, 1621.

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• Ambition can creep as well as soar.

  Edmund Burke

  Business, Ambition, Creeps

  'Letters on a Regicide Peace' Letter 3 (1797)

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• Where ambition can cover its enterprises, even to the person himself, under the appearance of principle, it is the most incurable and inflexible of passions

  David Hume

  Passion, Ambition, Principles

  David Hume (2016). “Delphi Complete Works of David Hume (Illustrated)”, p.1534, Delphi Classics

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• When you are aspiring to the highest place, it is honorable to reach the second or even the third rank.

  Marcus Tullius Cicero

  Philosophical, Ambition, Opportunity

  "De Oratore (On the Orator)". Book by Marcus Tullius Cicero (Book I), 55 BC.

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• He who surpasses or subdues mankind, must look down on the hate of those below.

  Lord Byron

  Jealousy, Hate, Ambition

  Lord Byron (2015). “Childe Harold's Pilgrimage”, p.65, Sheba Blake Publishing

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• Ambition is like love, impatient both of delays and rivals.

  Gautama Buddha

  Positive, Buddhist, Ambition

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• Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambition.

  Mark Twain

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

  Mark Twain, Caroline Thomas Harnsberger (2009). “Mark Twain at Your Fingertips: A Book of Quotations”, p.354, Courier Corporation

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• Me only have one ambition, y'know. I only have one thing I really like to see happen. I like to see mankind live together - black, white, Chinese, everyone - that's all.

  Bob Marley

  Love, Ambition, White

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• Without ambition one starts nothing. Without work one finishes nothing. The prize will not be sent to you. You have to win it.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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• Our ambition should be to rule ourselves, the true kingdom for each one of us; and true progress is to know more, and be more, and to do more.

  Oscar Wilde

  Ambition, Progress, Kingdoms

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• Ambition should be made of sterner stuff.

  William Shakespeare

  Ambition, Stuff, Ides Of March

  'Julius Caesar' (1599) act 3, sc. 2, l. [97]

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• The desire to reach for the stars is ambitious. The desire to reach hearts is wise.

  Maya Angelou

  Inspirational, Life, Inspiring

  Twitter post from Sep 28, 2016

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• A noble man compares and estimates himself by an idea which is higher than himself; and a mean man, by one lower than himself. The one produces aspiration; the other ambition, which is the way in which a vulgar man aspires.

  Marcus Aurelius

  Inspirational, Ambition, Mean

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• The very substance of the ambitious is merely the shadow of a dream.

  William Shakespeare

  Inspirational, Dream, Ambition

  William Shakespeare (2001). “Hamlet”, p.155, Classic Books Company

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• When ambition ends, happiness begins.

  Thomas Merton

  Ambition, Ambitious, Ends

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• Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.

  Mark Twain

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  Mark Twain, Caroline Thomas Harnsberger (2009). “Mark Twain at Your Fingertips: A Book of Quotations”, p.354, Courier Corporation

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• Life passes most people by while they're making grand plans for it.

  George Jung

  Blow, People, Plans

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