Related Quotes
ambition mind firsts
Ambition is to the mind what the cap is to the falcon; it blinds us first, and then compels us to tower by reason of our blindness. Charles Caleb Colton
ambition errors suffering
The blindness of bigotry, the madness of ambition, and the miscalculations of diplomacy seek their victims principally amongst the innocent and the unoffending. The cottage is sure to suffer for every error of the court, the cabinet, or the camp. When error sits in the seat of power and of authority, and is generated in high places, it may be compared to that torrent which originates indeed in the mountain, but commits its devastation in the vale.
ambition perception prudent
It's incredible considering the public perception that he was tight fisted and he was more than prudent, and lacked ambition to take Tottenham to where the fans wanted them to be. Alan Hansen
ambition want plus
We have our ambition for the future and God. And thus we put God as a plus sign after something else we want. Aiden Wilson Tozer
ambition goal quality
There seems to be a hypnotic quality to ambition and speed, so that you feel that you are standing still just because you want to go so fast. You might actually be getting close to your goal. Chogyam Trungpa
ambition successful men
You can have ambition But not too much You should aim to be successful But not too successful Otherwise you will threaten the man Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
ambition order desire
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
ambition voice feet
The imprudent Maximus disregarded these salutary considerations: he gratified his resentment and ambition; he saw the bleeding corpse of Valentinian at his feet; and he heard himself saluted Emperor by the unanimous voice of the senate and people. But the day of his inauguration was the last day of his happiness.
ambition men thinking
Methinks I am like a man, who having struck on many shoals, and having narrowly escap'd shipwreck in passing a small frith, has yet the temerity to put out to sea in the same leaky weather-beaten vessel, and even carries his ambition so far as to think of compassing the globe under these disadvantageous circumstances. David Hume
matter
To be happy - that's all that matters. Audrey Hepburn
matter time
No matter how busy I am, I find time to read, day and night. Lucio Tan
matter single
It doesn't matter if you're black, white, gay, straight, come from different countries, different language... every single person is significant and is meaningful. Michael Franti
matter structure over-confidence
Beware of over-confidence; especially in matters of structure. Cass Gilbert
matter playoffs seems
Whatever happened in the regular season seems to not matter in the playoffs. Carl Crawford
matter easy-route routes
There's never an easy route to the things that matter. Charles de Lint
matter very-good feels
No matter what happens, I feel very good about the future. Chen Guangcheng
matter world kind
I seem to have secured some place in world of music and that's kind of all that really matters to me. Chantal Kreviazuk
matter no-matter-what criticize
Some will criticize me no matter what I do. Benjamin Netanyahu
bears pleasure fullness
Some are cursed with the fullness of satiety; and how can they bear the ills of life when its very pleasures fatigue them?
bears obligation witness
I've always sensed for myself an obligation to bear witness to my time. Athol Fugard
bears country lions mountain parts tend wolves
We still tend to think of mountain lions and bears and wolves as being endangered, and in some parts of the country they are,
bears beat cracked language move time tunes
Language is a cracked kettle on which we beat out tunes for bears to dance to, while all the time we long to move the stars to pity. Gustave Flaubert
bears fruit seeds
Seeds must be sown everywhere. Only some will bear fruit. But there would not be the fruit from the few had the many not been sown Chaim Potok
bears ridicule
Love can bear anything better than ridicule. Caitlin Thomas
bears savages our-society
No European who has tasted savage life can afterwards bear to live in our societies. Benjamin Franklin
bears breeding ill
He is not well bred, that cannot bear ill breeding in others
bears fed money pumping reason stocks
A lot of bears feel the only reason stocks are up is because the Fed is pumping money into the system. Brian Reynolds