Quotes about Ambition
who says, ‘I will build myself a great palace, with spacious upper rooms.’ So he cuts windows in it, panels it with cedar, and paints it with vermilion.
— Jeremiah 22:14
By your great skill in trading you have increased your wealth, but your heart has grown proud because of it.
— Ezekiel 28:5
“What do you want?” He inquired. She answered, “Declare that in Your kingdom one of these two sons of mine may sit at Your right hand, and the other at Your left.”
— Matthew 20:21
Then James and John, the sons of Zebedee, came to Jesus and declared, “Teacher, we want You to do for us whatever we ask.”
— Mark 10:35
They answered, “Grant that one of us may sit at Your right hand and the other at Your left in Your glory.”
— Mark 10:37
saying, ‘This man could not finish what he started to build.’
— Luke 14:30
A dispute also arose among the disciples as to which of them would be considered the greatest.
— Luke 22:24
Already you have all you want. Already you have become rich. Without us, you have become kings. How I wish you really were kings, so that we might be kings with you!
— 1 Corinthians 4:8
The former, however, preach Christ out of selfish ambition, not sincerely, supposing that they can add to the distress of my chains.
— Philippians 1:17
Brothers, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead,
— Philippians 3:13
But if you harbor bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast in it or deny the truth.
— James 3:14
For where jealousy and selfish ambition exist, there will be disorder and every evil practice.
— James 3:16