Quotes by Ambition As great a picture can be made as one's mental capacity-no greater. Art cannot be taught; it must be self-inspiration, though the imagination may be fired and the ambition and work directed by the advice and example of others. Edward Weston inspirationambitionart The object of ambition, unlike that of love, never being wholly possessed, ambition is the more durable passion of the two. Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton passionambitiontwo What we set out to do with this movie [Leaves of Grass] was to create something that was funny and serious and had large tonal ambitions. A movie that could be poignant and funny, and suddenly quite violent. To have a character utterly sideswiped, and to learn that life is about balance. Edward Norton balanceambitioncharacter Emulation, even in brutes, is sensitively "nervous." See the tremor of the thoroughbred racer before he starts. The dray-horse does not tremble, but he does not emulate. It is not his work to run a race. Says Marcus Antoninus, "It is all one to a stone whether it be thrown upward or downward." Yet the emulation of a man of genius is seldom with his contemporaries, that is, inwardly in his mind, although outwardly in his act it would seem so. The competitors with whom his secret ambition seems to vie are the dead. Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton horseambitionrunning They build too low who build beneath the skies. Edward Young ambitionskylows The love of freedom, so often invigorated and disgraced by private ambition, was reduced, among the licentious Franks, to the contempt of order, and the desire of impunity. Edward Gibbon ambitiondesireorder The pleasures of sin exist. We cannot deny them. But we also dare not deny what follows in their wake: a voracious appetite, inflamed with eroticism, demanding more indulgence more often until a degenerative spiral captures the soul and drags us on a never ending descent into deeper patterns of immorality and illicit behaviour... Lust goes beyond the sexual. Lust can show itself in a variety of forms: covetousness, gluttony, drunkeness, power hunger, or unbridled ambition, to name a few Edwin Louis Cole ambitionsoulnames The love of action is a principle of a much stronger and more doubtful nature. It often leads to anger, to ambition, and to revenge; but when it is guided by the sense of propriety and benevolence, it becomes the parent of every virtue, and, if those virtues are accompanied with equal abilities, a family, a state, or an empire may be indebted for their safety and prosperity to the undaunted courage of a single man. Edward Gibbon ambitionrevengemen Ambition! powerful source of good and ill! Edward Young sourcepowerfulambition What is right for one soul may not be right for another. It may mean having to stand on your own and do something strange in the eyes of others. But do not be daunted, do whatever it is because you know within it is right for you. Eileen Caddy eyeambitionmean At the core of everything I do, is not my ambition but my desire to make music. Somewhere along the line I stumbled onto something that was bigger, different than anything I had ever imagined, which was actually being involved with other people. I just don't live the average artist's life. El-P artistambitionaverage Palestine is an extremely familiar place to me. Someone like me who lives everywhere in the world cannot be contained. If my hope and ambitions are in the right place, you can judge that in my films. I want to make films that diffuse any local notion. Cinema criss-crosses borders and check points. If the film is good, then it's universal. Elia Suleiman bordersambitionjudging Human nature must have come much nearer perfection than it is now, or will be in many generations, to exclude from such a control prejudice, selfishness, ambition, and injustice. Elihu Root selfishnessambitionperfection Your ambition should be to get as much life out of living as you possibly can, as much enjoyment, as much interest, as much experience, as much understanding. Not simply be what is generally called a 'success.' Eleanor Roosevelt understandingambitionshould Everything is 'colossalized' - events, fortunes, accidents, climate, conversation, ambitions - everything is in the extreme ... They can't even have a tram run off a line, which in England or France might kill one or two people, without its making a holocaust of half a street full. ... The thing which surprises me is they should still employ animals of normal size; one would expect to see elephants and mammoths drawing the hansoms and carts! Elinor Glyn ambitionrunninganimal When you have a true ambition for something, you will not give up hope. Giving up hope is a sign that you are lacking ambition to achieve that goal! Eliyahu Eliezer Dessler giving-upambitiongoal Ambition is pitiless. Any merit that it cannot use it finds despicable. Eleanor Roosevelt meritambitionuse It is remarkable what a woman can accomplish with just a little ambition. Elizabeth Arden accomplishambitionlittles We will not be dictated to by men with less intelligence, energy, initiative and ambition than we ourselves possess. Elbert Hubbard energyambitionmen I'm not a political person. I usually beware of political persons. I know many, but I'm not one of them. I have no political ambitions. Elie Wiesel politicalpersonsambition«2324252627282930313233»
