Quotes about Ambition
Action is the last resource of those who know not how to dream.
— Oscar Wilde
Dreaming about a thing in order to do it properly is right; but dreaming about it when we should be doing it is wrong.
— Oswald Chambers
We lose interest and give up when we have no vision, no encouragement, and no improvement, but only experience our everyday life with its trivial tasks.
— Oswald Chambers
Our reach must exceed our grasp.
— Oswald Chambers
I think a very key thing for women is to refuse to let anyone tell you you're banned, you're out of fashion, you don't look the right way. Put your energy into a career that will be there for you regardless of the naysayers.
— Pamela Redmond Satran
Adam and Eve weren't just after God's forbidden fruit; they were after God's position.
— Paul David Tripp
what is success?
— Paul David Tripp
Be honest. What kind of success are you hooking your heart to and how is it shaping the decisions you make and the actions you take?
— Paul David Tripp
What kind of success are you hooking your heart to and how is it shaping the decisions you make and the actions you take?
— Paul David Tripp
God's saving grace ignites in the hearts of all his children a radical shift in ambition. Where once our thoughts, desires, words, and actions were motivated and directed by our ambition to achieve our definition of personal happiness, by grace they are now shaped by our ambition for the kingdom of God to achieve all God has designed for it to achieve. Where once we were ambitious for what we want, we now are ambitious to do the will of God.
— Paul David Tripp
what is the big thing that you are living for right now?
— Paul David Tripp
Here it is. When the enemy somehow tricks you into squeezing the size of your life to the size of your personal dreams, wants, and needs, he has got you right where he wants you.
— Paul David Tripp