Quotes by Ambition Maybe I'm wrong, but I think that the people who really enjoy chess are the dubs and the duffers, experts who have resigned their ambitions, those who play only for pastime, and, of course, the great fraternity of the kibbitzers. Alfred Kreymborg ambition play thinking So many worlds, so much to do, so little done, such things to be. Alfred Lord Tennyson philosophical ambition work Wisdom alone is true ambition's aim, wisdom is the source of virtue and of fame; obtained with labour, for mankind employed, and then, when most you share it, best enjoyed. Alfred North Whitehead virtue ambition wisdom There has to be this pioneer, the individual who has the courage, the ambition to overcome the obstacles that always develop when one tries to do something worthwhile, especially when it is new and different. Alfred P. Sloan ambition leadership courage It is astonishing what you can do when you have a lot of energy, ambition and plenty of ignorance. Alfred P. Sloan energy ignorance ambition In any organization men would move up form the bottom to the top. That develops loyalty, ambition and talent, because there is a chance for promotion. Alfred P. Sloan loyalty ambition moving An objective is an ambition, and life without ambition is ... well, aimless wandering. Alfred Wainwright wander wells ambition If you don’t have ambition, you shouldn’t be alive Aliko Dangote alive ambition ifs Golf is an open exhibition of overweening ambition, courage deflated by stupidity, skill soured by a whiff of arrogance. Alistair Cooke skills ambition golf Florey was not an easy personality. His drive and ambition were manifest from the day he arrived ... He could be ruthless and selfish; on the other hand, he could show kindliness, a warm humanity and, at times, sentiment and a sense of humour. Allen Drury selfish ambition science According to its doctors, my one intransigent desire is to have been a Confederate general, and because I could not or would not become anything else, I set up for poet and beg an to invent fictions about the personal ambitions that my society has no use for. Allen Tate doctors ambition desire Adam Smith saw the greed of modern capitalism for what it was - a form of destructive ambition that may have favorable effects on the productive capacities of society, but which is of no direct benefit to anyone - not even to the greedy themselves, whose illusory chase after a will-o-the-wisp leaves them morally bankrupt and unhappy. Allen W. Wood greed unhappy ambition I have the desire to work as an actress, but I have no ambition to be a star. Ally Sheedy stars ambition desire It is admirable to die the victim of one's faith; it is sad to die the dupe of one's ambition. Alphonse de Lamartine dupes victim ambition The longing for peace is rooted in the hearts of all men. But the striving, which at present has become so insistent, cannot lay claim to such an ambition as leading the way to eternal peace, or solving all disputes among nations. Alva Myrdal ambition heart men Ambition. An overmastering desire to be vilified by enemies while living and made ridiculous by friends when dead. Ambrose Bierce ambition life reality The natural equipment to accomplish some small part of the meaner ambitions distinguishing able men from dead ones. In the last analysis ability is commonly found to consist mainly in a high degree of solemnity. Ambrose Bierce degrees ambition men The West for me means ambition, the East contentment. My heart is ever in one, my soul in the other. Ameen Rihani ambition heart mean My ambition is to have this wonderful gift produce practical results for the future of commercial flying and for the women who may want to fly tomorrow's planes. Amelia Earhart flying ambition may When I was little, my ambition was to grow up to be a book. Not a writer. People can be killed like ants. Writers are not hard to kill either. But not books: however systematically you try to destroy them, there is always a chance that a copy will survive and continue to enjoy a shelf-life in some corner on an out-of-the-way library somehwere in Reykjavik, Valladolid or Vancouver. Amos Oz growing-up ambition book «1234567891011»
