Quotes about ambition
ambition men democracy
What chiefly diverts the men of democracies from lofty ambition is not the scantiness of their fortunes, but the vehemence of the exertions they daily make to improve them. Alexis de Tocqueville
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On the heels of the G-20 and Australian offerings on sensitive products, we hope to see much more ambition from the EU. The current EU proposal allows for 8 percent of tariffs, 160 different tariff lines, to be deemed 'sensitive' and thus exempt from strong cuts, Rob Portman
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None of these games are easy. All the other teams are hard and want to win. Nothing is easy in this draw, but it is our ambition to prove we are one of the best clubs in Europe - and we have yet to get past the quarter-finals, so we have something to prove.
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My ambition is the immediate page of the book I am currently working on. The next word to follow the last. A fresh new idea.
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My ambition has always been to give them good opportunities and if coming into the family business suited them, then great. Brian White
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My greatest ambition may sound rather like something from a greeting card, but it is a genuine desire to serve a local community and be a local MP. Adam Rickitt
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My great ambition is to have people comment on my fine dramatic performances. Marilyn Monroe
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I was really short. I remember going to the doctor to see if there were injections I could take to be taller. But whenever we ran a lap, I wanted to run the fastest. I don't know why, on the wheel of fortune of personality traits, it stopped on ambition and hustle and drive. Sean Astin
ambition battle create current fighting godless ignore money property society
If we ignore our pasts and try to create a Godless society where things like money or ambition or property are worshipped, then the society loses. ... It is a battle we are fighting at the current time. Rocco Buttiglione
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should reflect with courage and ambition a growing demand regarding this issue by the international community. Jorge Sampaio
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If I refused him this opportunity of fulfilling his ambition it would not be good for him or Manchester City Football Club. Stuart Pearce
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I can't see how public institutions can defend that as serving the public interest. It denies the talent and the ambition of kids who are born into less-fortunate circumstances.
ambition differences people
When I was young, my ambition was to be one of the people who made a difference in this world. My hope is to leave the world a little better for having been there. Jim Henson
ambition vanity
Ambition is only vanity ennobled. Jerome K. Jerome
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I do have big ambitions, but I think we all do. I just want to keep working hard and being happy. Jennifer Lawrence
ambition redneck might
You might be a redneck if your biggest ambition in life is to git that big ole coon. The one what hangs 'round over yonder, back'ah Bubba's barn... Jeff Foxworthy
ambition self goal
Level 5 leaders channel their ego needs away from themselves and into the larger goal of building a great company. It's not that Level 5 leaders have no ego or self-interest. Indeed, they are incredibly ambitious-but their ambition is first and foremost for the institution, not themselves. James C. Collins
ambition desire burning
If you have a burning ambition and desire, absolutely anything can be achieved. Jahangir Khan
ambition envy people
In particular, it is absurd to hope to banish envy of other people's possessions or fortunes, if only because the spirit of envy can lead to emulation and ambition and have positive consequences. Christopher Hitchens
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I had no ambition when I was a kid other than to play guitar and get in a rock 'n' roll band. I don't really like to be the guy in the white suit at the front. Like in the Beatles, I was the one who kept quiet at the back and let the other egos be at the front. George Harrison
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If for the sake of a crowded audience you do wish to hold a lecture, your ambition is no laudable one, and at least avoid all citations from the poets, for to quote them argues feeble industry. Hippocrates
ambition hard-work people
People should be able to rise as hard, high as their hard work, their ambition, their talent will take them. Hillary Clinton
ambition able boyhood
My boyhood ambition was to be able to earn my own living, without the help of anybody, anywhere, Herbert Hoover
ambition focus fuel
The fuel of ambition is not the problem; it is the focus of ambition that frees or betrays us. Erwin McManus
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Ambition will, and should, always outstrip achievement. Fay Weldon
ambition expectations mind
A youthful mind is seldom totally free from ambition; to curb that, is the first step to contentment, since to diminish expectation is to increase enjoyment. Fanny Burney
ambition circles achievement
The growth of New England was a result of the aggregate efforts of a busy multitude, each in his narrow circle toiling for himself, to gather competence or wealth. The expansion of New France was the achievement of a gigantic ambition striving to grasp a continent. It was a vain attempt. Francis Parkman
ambition men together
I know no man who feels deeper disgust than I do at the ambition, avarice, and profligacy of the priesthood, as well because every one of these vices is odious in itself, as because each of them separately and all of them together are utterly abhorrent in men making profession of a life dedicated to God. Francesco Guicciardini
ambition evil way
Ambition is not in itself an evil; nor is he to be condemned whose spirit prompts him to seek fame by worthy and honourable ways.
ambition destiny europe
The great rule of conduct for us, in regard to foreign nations, is in extending our commercial relations to have as little political connection as possible... Why, by interweaving our destiny with that of any part of Europe, entangle our peace and prosperity in the toils of European ambition, rivalships, interest, humor, or caprice?... It is our true policy to steer clear of permanent alliances with any portion of the foreign world. George Washington
ambition destiny europe
Why quit our own to stand upon foreign ground? Why, by interweaving our destiny with that of any part of Europe, entangle our peace and prosperity in the toils of European ambition...or caprice?
ambition leaving ambitious
A person’s first duty, a young person’s at any rate, is to be ambitious, and the noblest ambition is that of leaving behind something of permanent value. G. H. Hardy
ambition pride curiosity
If intellectual curiosity, professional pride, and ambition are the dominant incentives to research, then assuredly no one has a fairer chance of gratifying them than a mathematician.