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ambition pride envy
William Law All the wants which disturb human life, which make us uneasy to ourselves, quarrelsome with others, and unthankful to God, which weary us in vain labors and foolish anxieties, which carry us from project to project, from place to place in a poor pursuit of we don't know what, are the wants which neither God, nor nature, nor reason hath subjected us to, but are solely infused into us by pride, envy, ambition, and covetousness.
ambition passion play
William Shenstone It seems idle to rail at ambition merely because it is a boundless passion; or rather is not this circumstance an argument in its favor? If one would be employed or amused through life, should we not make choice of a passion that will keep one long in play?
ambition belief transcendence
Richard Rorty My principal motive is the belief that we can still make admirable sense of our lives even if we cease to have... an ambition of transcendence.
ambition ego vision
Werner Herzog Ambition is to be the fastest runner on this planet, to be the first on the South Pole, which is a grotesque perversion of ambition. It's an ego trip, and I'm not on an ego trip. I don't have ambitions - I have a vision.
ambition frustration men
Samuel Fuller Ninety-five per cent of films are born of frustration, of self despair, of ambition for survival, for money, for fattening bank accounts. Five per cent, maybe less, are made because a man has an idea, an idea which he must express.
ambition thinking people
Wangari Maathai There will always be people who think that you have ambitions.
ambition home limits
Wangari Maathai When I went back home, I was constantly being reminded, I'm an African woman, and so there are certain things I shouldn't do, certain ambitions that I should not entertain. That was a problem for me because I had never thought of myself as an African woman, never thought of myself as a woman to begin with. For me the limit was my capacity, my capability.
ambition men intelligent
W. H. Auden Routine, in an intelligent man, is a sign of ambition.
sound
Chris Sienko I think we see her as a 3. We're pretty sound at the 1-2 positions.
sound
Elvis Costello I didn't want it to sound like a pastiche of Andersen,
sound variables littles
Richard Ayoade With a live performance, you feel nervous because there's a sense it could do well or badly based on how well you are performing, whereas the only variable with a film premiere is technical, which invariably you have very little control over, whether the sound is good, whether the acoustics of the room are good.
sound strategy individual
Ron Chernow That strategy of buy and hold, which is the sound and sensible one for the individual, can have very dangerous and perverse effects for the market as a whole.
sound stories our-lives
Reynolds Price The sound of story is the dominant sound of our lives.
sound heard edges
Raymond Chandler She was the music heard faintly on the edge of sound.
sound riders recreation
William J. Clinton Without question, bicycling is an efficient, economical and environmentally sound form of transportation and recreation. Bicycling is a great activity for families, recreational riders and commuters. Hillary, Chelsea and I have bicycles....
sound dollars strategy
William Howard Taft The policy of dollar diplomacy is one that appeals alike to idealistic humanitarian sentiments, to dictates of sound policy, and strategy, and to legitimate commercial aims.
sound
Samuel Taylor Coleridge No sound is dissonant which tells of life.
signatures through-my-eyes all-things
James Joyce Signatures of all things I am here to read.