Quotes about Ambition
Antiochus shall act prosperously according to his mental perception, and shall be so assisted by' his craftiness, as to obtain whatever he shall grasp at.
— John Calvin
When my mouth shall be filled with dust, and the worm shall feed, and feed sweetly upon me, when the ambitious man shall have no satisfaction if the poorest alive tread upon him, nor the poorest receive any contentment in being made equal to princes, for they shall be equal but in dust.
— John Donne
In my mind nothing is more abhorrent than a life of ease. None of us has any right to ease. There is no place in civilization for the idler.
— Henry Ford
Dependence begets subservience and venality, suffocates the germ of virtue, and prepares fit tools for the designs of ambition.
— Thomas Jefferson
Aim for the stars and maybe you'll reach the sky.
— Reinhold Niebuhr
A man who has never gone to school may steal from a freight car; but if he has a university education, he may steal the whole railroad.
— Theodore Roosevelt
Study hard; and you might grow up to be President. But let's face it: Even then, you'll never make as much money as your dog.
— George H. W. Bush
To achieve great things, we must first dream.
— Coco Chanel
As soon as we left the ground, I knew I had to fly.
— Amelia Earhart
We never do great things without trying.
— Reinhard Bonnke
I would tell your generation, wherever you are on the totem poll - whether you're halfway there or at the bottom, don't despise small beginnings; small beginnings get you ready for great things.
— Bishop TD Jakes
Don't just try to find great opportunities. Find an opportunity and make it great.
— Robert Kiyosaki