Quotes by Ambition I am actuated by an ambition which I believe to be an honourable one the ambition of serving the great cause of truth, while endeavouring to forward the literature of the country. Edgar Allan Poe ambitionbelievecountry Ambition can creep as well as soar. Edmund Burke creepsbusinessambition Say what we will, we may be sure that ambition is an error. Its wear and tear on the heart are never recompensed. Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton errorsambitionheart 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 oceanambitionwork Philosophy, while it soothes the reason, damps the ambition. Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton ambitionreasonphilosophy Ambition has no rest. Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton ambition My sole literary ambition is to write one good novel, then retire to my hut in the desert, assume the lotus position, compose my mind and senses, and sink into meditation, contemplating my novel. Edward Abbey meditationambitionwriting Among precautions against ambition, it may not be amiss to take precautions against our own. I must fairly say, I dread our own power and our own ambition: I dread our being too much dreaded. Edmund Burke ambitionpowermay I dread our own power, and our own ambition; I dread our being too much dreaded... We may say that we shall not abuse this astonishing, and hitherto unheard-of-power. But every other nation will think we shall abuse it. It is impossible but that, sooner or later, this state of things must produce a combination against us which may end in our ruin. Edmund Burke abuseambitionthinking The imprudent Maximus disregarded these salutary considerations: he gratified his resentment and ambition; he saw the bleeding corpse of Valentinian at his feet; and he heard himself saluted Emperor by the unanimous voice of the senate and people. But the day of his inauguration was the last day of his happiness. Edward Gibbon voiceambitionfeet My own ambition, my deepest and truest ambition, is to find within myself someday, somehow, the ability to do likewise, to do NOTHING - and find it enough. Edward Abbey somedayambitionenough Sometimes creativity is a compulsion, not an ambition. Edward Norton creativityambitionsometimes Greater mischief happens often from folly, meanness, and vanity than from the greater sins of avarice and ambition. Edmund Burke vanitysinambition Birds sing in vain to the ear, flowers bloom in vain to the eye, of mortified vanity and galled ambition. He who would know repose in retirement must carry into retirement his destiny, integral and serene, as the Caesars transported the statue of Fortune into the chamber they chose for their sleep. Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton flowerambitionretirement To reach the height of our ambition is like trying to reach the rainbow; as we advance it recedes. Edmund Burke rainbowambitionchristian I believe in excellence. It is a basic need of every human soul. All of us can be excellent, because, fortunately, we are exceedingly diverse in our ambitions and talents. Edward Teller ambitionsoulbelieve I started, with three friends, this website called Crowdrise that's sort of the Facebook for personal philanthropy, a place where anybody can have a permanent microsite of their own to stage creative fundraising projects for the charities and causes that they care about. And we did it with serious intent but without any ambition. Edward Norton fundraisingcreativeambition The same sun which gilds all nature, and exhilarates the whole creation, does not shine upon disappointed ambition. Edmund Burke shiningambitiondoe Say what we will, you may be sure that ambition is an error; its wear and tear of heart are never recompensed, -it steals away the freshness of life, -it deadens its vivid and social enjoyments, -it shuts our souls to our own youth, -and we are old ere we remember that we have made a fever and a labor of our raciest years. Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton errorsambitionheart Fortune is said to be blind, but her favorites never are. Ambition has the eye of the eagle, prudence that of the lynx; the first looks through the air, the last along the ground. Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton eyeambitionair«2223242526272829303132»
