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ambition errors suffering
Charles Caleb Colton 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
Alan Hansen 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.
ambition want plus
Aiden Wilson Tozer We have our ambition for the future and God. And thus we put God as a plus sign after something else we want.
ambition goal quality
Chogyam Trungpa 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.
ambition successful men
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie You can have ambition But not too much You should aim to be successful But not too successful Otherwise you will threaten the man
ambition order desire
Edward Gibbon 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.
ambition voice feet
Edward Gibbon 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
David Hume 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.
desire holiness repentance
Charles Spurgeon Repentance and desires after holiness never be separated.
desire alive sin
Charles Spurgeon When you desire to be most alive to God, you will generally find sin most alive to repel you.
desire desire-for-success fear-of-failure
Alan Moore The things we do without the fear of failure and the desire for success are the purest acts we'll ever do
desire spirit holy
Aiden Wilson Tozer When we have the Holy Spirit we have all that is needed to be all that God desires us to be.
desire may grants
Aiden Wilson Tozer May God grant us a desire for God that supersedes all other desires.
desire genocide treated
Chinua Achebe I was a supporter of the desire, in my section of Nigeria, to leave the federation because it was treated very badly with something that was called genocide in those days.
desire intense stage
Chin-Ning Chu You feel the intense desire to do good, to do right thing. At this stage, you also feel helpless.
desire crosses chosen
Edith Stein One cannot desire freedom from the Cross when one is especially chosen for the Cross.
desire balance sound
Edith Wharton The desire for symmetry, for balance, for rhythm in form as well as in sound, is one of the most inveterate of human instincts.
acting theatre nerves
Alan Rickman Acting touches nerves you have absolutely no control over.
acting actors doe
Al Pacino Whether he's doing great acting or not, you're seeing somebody who is in the tradition of a great actor. What he does with it, that's something else, but he's got it all. The talent, the instrument is there, that's why he has endured.
acting dies
Al Pacino Either I act or I die.
acting actors crafts
Al Pacino I want to be a great actor someday, and I've decided there's no use philosophizing; the only way is to work at my craft.
acting i-realized
Al Pacino It wasn't until I got older that I realized acting was something I could really do.
acting vulnerable uncomfortable
Beau Garrett Acting is an uncomfortable business because you have to make yourself vulnerable.
acting actresses fascinating
Beatrice Wood You know, acting is very fascinating. But being an actress is not, because you become so concentrated on yourself.
acting firsts disguise
Antony Sher What drew me to acting in the first place was disguise.
acting retiring great-things
Denzel Washington We'll all retire from life at some point. The great thing about acting is you don't necessarily have to retire.