Quotes by Ambition I think you're never going to get somewhere ambitious if you don't start out with great ambitions. What I would say is: we got a start. That to me is a very significant thing. Here we were, a historic meeting to talk about climate change. Christy Clark significant-thingsambitionthinking Why do I do anything?' she says. 'I'm educated enough to talk myself out of any plan. To deconstruct any fantasy. Explain away any goal. I'm so smart I can negate any dream. Chuck Palahniuk smartambitiondream From a very young age I had an ambition to be a musician, and to do that professionally. That's what I pursued until I was about 20, playing in bands that were taken pretty seriously at that stage. Cillian Murphy takenambitionage I had a burning ambition. Otherwise, I wouldn't have accomplished it Claire Bloom burningaccomplishedambition Valuing time with your family does not mean you've lost your ambition. Define success for yourself. Claire Shipman ambitiondoemean I hope I shall have ambition until the day I die. Clare Boothe Luce diesambition Darkness always had its part to play. Without it, how would we know when we walked in the light? It’s only when its ambitions become too grandiose that it must be opposed, disciplined, sometimes—if necessary—brought down for a time. Then it will rise again, as it must. Clive Barker lightambitionplay Something I don't like seeing in other people is naked ambition, when somebody is really pushing hard to get to where they want to be. That's the way I look at that word - like you must be stepping on someone to get there. And I've never been comfortable with that. Clive Owen nakedambitionpeople Ambition and hatred are enough to bring Iraq and al Qaeda together. Colin Powell iraqhatredambition We should try to bring to any power what we have as women. We will destroy it all if we try to imitate that absolutely unfeeling, driving ambition that we have seen coming at us across the desk. Colleen Dewhurst ambitionacceptancetrying There are no ambitions noble enough to justify breaking someone's heart. Colleen McCullough ambitionheartlove From the loving example of one family a whole State may become loving, and from its courtesies, courteous; while from the ambition and perverseness of the one man the whole State may be thrown into rebellious disorder. Such is the nature of influence. Confucius ambitionexamplemen Girls can be athletic. Guys can have feelings. Girls can be smart. Guys can be creative. And vice versa. Gender is specific only to your reproductive organs (and sometimes not even to those), not your interest, likes, dislikes, goals, and ambitions. Connor Franta smartgirlambition We're going to try and recruit the very best people we can and produce the best papers we can, and publish them to the highest standards we can . Conrad Black optimisticambitionpeople Gather up your pity and turn it to ambition. Coolio pityambitioninspirational I can't sing. Definitely no ambition in that area. Corin Nemec areasi-canambition not only have children most certainly a right to their own ambitions, but their own lack of ambitions. Cornelia Parker lack-of-ambitionambitionchildren Dream big & have huge ambition, but never forget life is lived in small moments and sustained by simple acts of love. Cory Booker ambitionsimpledream Guard, O my soul, against pomp and glory. And if you cannot curb your ambitions, at least pursue them hesitantly, cautiously. And the higher you go, the more searching and careful you need to be. C.P. Cavafy ambitionsoulneeds I don't want to be poor. I don't want to be rich to the extent that all I care about is keeping my job. I don't care enough about keeping my job right now. That's good. That makes effective at what I do. I don't want to be frightened of getting fired. So to that end I suppose my ambitions are that I spend less than I earn. Craig Ferguson careambitionjobs«1516171819202122232425»
