Quotes by Ambition Ambition is the immoderate desire for honor. Baruch Spinoza philosophical ambition power Everyone endeavors as much as possible to make others love what he loves, and to hate what he hates... This effort to make everyone approve what we love or hate is in truth ambition, and so we see that each person by nature desires that other persons should live according to his way of thinking. Baruch Spinoza hate ambition thinking Accidents on big mountains happen when people's ambitions cloud their good judgment. Good climbing is about climbing with heart and with instinct, not ambition and pride. Bear Grylls pride ambition heart It's a rough and tumble game whenever power is involved - people's ambitions, their desires, their competitive spirit will often push them to play outside the rules. It's dramatic, it's interesting, and I think it's something we can all identify with to a degree. Beau Willimon ambition games thinking Stop wishing & start doing! Your lack of effort won't affect a true hustlers ambition. Perseverance through adversity is key. Behdad Sami perseverance adversity ambition My ambitions have ambitions. Behdad Sami my-ambition ambition Every actor's greatest ambition is to create his own, definite and original role, a character with which he will always be identified. In my case, that role was Dracula. Bela Lugosi roles ambition character I think that [Chris] Christie`s endorsement is, you know, it`s a sign that - you know, he is who we thought he was in so many different respects. He`s someone who ambition is the only thing that I think is bigger than his appetite.I think in this case, it`s a situation where he saw the one guy who he thinks he can maybe get a cabinet post with if he wins in Donald Trump. I think, you know, he kind of went out the door doing a number of favors in beating up Marco Rubio the way he did. Ben Domenech ambition winning thinking I think trying to be cool is the worst possible ambition - and I have never suffered from it. Ben Elton ambition trying thinking The late '90s were a really bad time for people trying to be rock stars, you know what I mean? It seemed like everyone was a one-hit wonder on the radio. We had friends who had a hit single on the radio and sold 500,000 records, and then they couldn't get arrested a year later. I had this feeling at the time that that was not possible anymore, so the idea of becoming the biggest band in the country—it seemed laughable. I felt that having those sort of ambitions was foolish, because there was no way that was going to be possible. If you saw it that way, you were just deluding yourself. Ben Gibbard ambition mean country Nothing motivates a great employee more than a mission that's so important that it supersedes everyone's personal ambition. Ben Horowitz missions important ambition Most large mistakes in organizational design come from putting the individual ambitions of the people at the top of the organization ahead of the communication paths for the people at the bottom of the organization. Ben Horowitz communication ambition mistake Ambition, like a torrent, never looks back. Ben Jonson inspiration ambition looks Ambition, like a torrent, ne'er looks back; And is a swelling, and the last affection A high mind can put off; being both a rebel Unto the soul and reason, and enforceth All laws, all conscience, treads upon religion, and offereth violence to nature's self. Ben Jonson ambition self law Ambition makes more trusty slaves than need Ben Jonson slave ambition needs I like charcoal drawing a lot. I'm not very good, but I always find myself buying canvases and paints whenever I'm on location, because I always have this ambition to fill the hotel room I'm in and turn it into an art studio. Ben Schnetzer drawing ambition art I don't have any ambition to make lots of money or win an Oscar or anything like that. It's not about that for me. Ben Whishaw oscars ambition winning I've been very lucky at what's happened in my career to date, but playing something as far from me as possible is an ambition of mine - anything from a mutated baddy in a comic book action thriller, to a detective. If anything, I'd like Gary Oldman's career: he's the perfect example of it. I've love to have a really broad sweep of characters - to be able to do something edgy, surprising and unfashionable. Benedict Cumberbatch ambition character book Writing in French is one of my ambitions. I'd like to be able to dream one day in French. Italian and French are the two languages that I'd like to know. Benedict Cumberbatch ambition dream writing There are very specific demands, though, in television, and you notice the budget constrictions. It's the time constraint and a purse constraint more than anything else that you notice. But the ambition of the writing and, hopefully, the delivery of it gets better and better because we want to outdo ourselves to keep ahead of a very expectant and hungry public. Benedict Cumberbatch get-better ambition writing «678910111213141516»