Quotes by Ambition If you're changing diapers and going to the playground, any ambitions of being a cool guy have to fly out the window. Adrian Tomine guy ambition window I wanted it to be as readable as possible. I had the ambition of reaching a broader audience. Adrian Tomine reaching ambition wanted Man is in pursuit of two goals: he is looking for happinesse and, being by essence empty ("étant vide par essence", Fr.), he is trying to fill (or take up, - "remplir", Fr.) his life; the latter reason play a more considerable role than we ordinarily think. What we take for vainglory, ambition, love of power and riches (or wealth), is often, indeed, a need to mask this emptiness, a need to let one's hair down (or to live it up), to put oneself on a false scent or trail. (de se donner le change", Fr.) African Spir ambition men thinking Let the average man be put to the proof on the question of who is above, and his true position will be exposed. Let him be forced into making a choice between God and money, between God and men, between God and personal ambition, God and self, God and human love, and God will take second place every time. Aiden Wilson Tozer ambition love men We have our ambition for the future and God. And thus we put God as a plus sign after something else we want. Aiden Wilson Tozer plus ambition want Only through sheer ambition did I end up playing on [Bob Dylan sessions] and the fact that I could do that is a testament to how disorganized it really was. Al Kooper bob ambition facts What I want to argue for is not that we should give up on our ideas of success, but that we should make sure that they are our own. We should focus in on our ideas and make sure that we own them, that we're truly the authors of our own ambitions. Because it's bad enough not getting what you want, but it's even worse to have an idea of what it is you want and find out at the end of the journey that it isn't, in fact, what you wanted all along. Alain de Botton giving-up ambition journey Envy: a confused, tangled guide to one's own ambitions. Alain de Botton envy confused ambition Anxiety is the handmaiden of contemporary ambition. Alain de Botton contemporary anxiety ambition A simple problem of arithmetic: there are far more ambitions than there are grand destinies available. Alain de Botton destiny ambition simple If it is true that love is the pursuit in another of qualities we lack in ourselves, then in our love of someone from another culture, one ambition may be to weld ourselves more closely to values missing from our own culture. Alain de Botton ambition missing love-is Put aside ambition for public recognition, and simply do what you do because it feels good inside. Alan Cohen recognition feel-good ambition It's incredible considering the public perception that he was tight fisted and he was more than prudent, and lacked ambition to take Tottenham to where the fans wanted them to be. Alan Hansen perception ambition hands If a person holds no ambitions in this world, he suffers unknowingly. If a person holds ambitions, he suffers knowingly, but very slowly. Alan Lightman ambition suffering world Life is too brief and too rich to tiptoe through half-heartedly, rather than galloping at it with whooping excitement and ambition. Alastair Humphreys tiptoes ambition half The Four Conditions of Happiness: Life in the open air, Love for another being,Freedom from ambition,Creation Albert Camus ambition air happiness I would rather not have upset him, but I couldn't see any reason to change my life. Looking back on it, I wasn't unhappy. When I was a student, I had lots of ambitions like that. But when I had to give up my studies I learned very quickly that none of it really mattered. Albert Camus upset giving-up ambition Hitler appeared, a man with limited intellectual abilities and unfit for any useful work, bursting with envy and bitterness against all whom circumstance and nature had favored over him....In his desperate ambition for power he discovered that his speeches, confused and pervaded with hate as they were, received wild acclaim by those whose situation and orientation resembled his own. He picked up this human flotsam on the streets and in the taverns and organized them around himself. This is the way he launched his political career. Albert Einstein confused hate ambition Nothing truly valuable arises from ambition or from a mere sense of duty; it stems rather from love and devotion towards men and towards objective things. Albert Einstein ambition love life Well-being and happiness never appeared to me as an absolute aim. I am even inclined to compare such moral aims to the ambitions of a pig. Albert Einstein ambition pigs happiness «1234567891011»
