Quotes about ambition
ambition self political
Erasmus dramatizes a well-established political position: that of the fool who claims license to criticize all and sundry without reprisal, since his madness defines him as not fully a person and therefore not a political being with political desires and ambitions. The Praise of Folly, therefore sketches the possibility of a position for the critic of the scene of political rivalry, a position not simply impartial between the rivals but also, by self-definition, off the stage of rivalry altogether. J. M. Coetzee
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Without cunning, there is no innovation. Without ambition, there is no accomplishment. J. K. Rowling
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By Gryffindor, the bravest were Prized far beyond the rest; For Ravenclaw, the cleverest Would always be the best; For Hufflepuff, hard workers were Most worthy of admission; And power-hungry Slytherin Loved those of great ambition.
ambition together suspicion
Ambition and suspicion always go together. Georg C. Lichtenberg
ambition vanity what-if
What if God were not exactly truth, and if this could be proved? And if he were instead the vanity, the desire for power, the ambitions, the fear, and the enraptured and terrified folly of mankind? Friedrich Nietzsche
ambition stronger overcoming
The greater the obstacle the more glory in overcoming it. - What does not destroy makes me stronger.
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I felt the same way going into this year's tournament as I did a year ago. And I'm as hungry now to win more trophies as I was before. It's my ambition to win many competitions with the club. I'm not satisfied with only winning the Champions League once. We want to repeat our success. Rafael Benitez
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I could do it, ... I've actually figured out a way, even though the characters have gotten older, to do it. I just have to have the ambition to write it. Quentin Tarantino
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I suggest that those groups whose culture and values stress delayed gratification - education, hard work, success, and ambition - are those groups that succeed in America, regardless of discrimination. Richard Lamm
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There's that talent thing where I can score goals, and there's also that want and ambition to keep doing it and doing it and doing it. I've seen a lot of players do it for a year and then they rest on their laurels, but I've been very driven throughout my career. Without being the most talented, I think I've tried to make the most of it. Frank Lampard
ambition emotional coins
Ambition is an expensive impulse, one that requires an enormous investment of emotional capital. Like any investment, it can pay off in countless different kinds of coin. Jeffrey Kluger
ambition self strings
As the components of your life are stripped away, after all the ambitions and hopes vaporize, you reach a self-reflective starkness-- the repetitious plucking of a single overwound string.
ambition blood worth
I've always affirmed, nobody's ambition is worth the blood of any Nigerian. Goodluck Jonathan
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There's an appreciation of the whole picture of life as opposed to just ambition and circumstance and all the stuff that happens in this business. You find yourself lucky enough to be working with somebody really talented who you know and who you trust. Wayne Knight
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Ambition should be made of sterner stuff. William Shakespeare
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Ambition has developed into a passion which drives women, as well as men, to great works - and small deeds. Formerly competitors in the race for men, they are now competing in the race for social tasks and distinctions. Ellen Key
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I had always wanted to retell a Shakespeare play. It was an ambition from college days. But in order to be able to do it... the circumstances in my life didn't come together for a long time. Chris Adrian
ambition careers goal
It's all about how can you take care of yourself when furthering your life's goals and ambitions, and purpose and whatever you choose - family, career - to maintain a really balanced, whole, healthy outlook. Abigail Spencer
ambition pride sacrifice
How difficult the task to quench the fire and the pride of private ambition, and to sacrifice ourselves and all our hopes and expectations to the public weal! How few have souls capable of so noble an undertaking! Abigail Adams
ambition thinking shapes
I think it was [Jean-Luc] Godard who said that life is nothing but a bad copy of film, but then our ambition must be to make better films and better shapes of forms that are given in life. Abbas Kiarostami
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No matter what face he wears, Satan has one overmastering ambition, one burning desire-to dethrone the Almighty and to place himself upon the highest throne of the universe. Adrian Rogers
ambition pay hollywood
My only ambition when I came to Hollywood was to pay my rent. Adrian Grenier
ambition independent circles
Are you in earnest resolved never to barter your liberty for the lordly servitude of a court, but to live free, fearless, and independent? There seems to be one way to continue in that virtuous resolution; and perhaps but one. Never enter the place from whence so few have been able to return; never come within the circle of ambition; nor ever bring yourself into comparison with those masters of the earth who have already engrossed the attention of half mankind before you. Adam Smith
ambition common beautiful-mind
Individual Ambition Serves the Common Good.
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Three and a half years in L.A. was enough for me. I would love to go back for short bursts if a film opportunity came up, but it's a unique place, and you can reach saturation point. For me it was a place where creative desire and ambition meets desperation. It's in the air; it's palpable - I just didn't want to be around that. Darren Boyd
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True ambition is not what we thought it was. True ambition is the profound desire to live usefully and walk humbly under the grace of God.
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We needed this for morale. We have the talent, the desire and the ambition to win, we just hadn't. I have been trying to teach them to believe that they can win.
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We are obviously extremely disappointed for Bobby at the outcome of the work permit hearing. However, I am confident that he will one day fulfill his ambition of playing in the top leagues of Europe.
ambition clouds looks
But 'tis common proof, that lowliness is young ambition's ladder, whereto the climber-upward turns his face; but when he once attains the upmost round, he then turns his back, looks in the clouds, scorning the vase defrees by which he did ascend.
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My ambition was to be cosmopolitan. I grew up in the suburbs. I went to college in Maine. I had a dream in my head that if you wanted to be the most urbane, living-life-to-the-fullest kind of person, Paris was the place to be. Rosecrans Baldwin
ambition aspire life success
Being kind is the most important thing I've ever been taught. That's what my parents always told me - more important than ambition or success is being kind to people. The cornerstone of my life. What I aspire to is to be kind. Rafe Spall
ambition country main
My main ambition is to be of use to my country and my people. Dmitry Medvedev
ambition champion becoming
Having the ambition of becoming Olympic champion is a whole different ambition from wanting to be the greatest. Daley Thompson