Ambition. The seventh in a series of collections of
useable quotations to make you look really smart in your next
presentation or report.
The ambitious climbs up high and perilous stairs and
never cares how to come down; the desire of rising hath swallowed up his fear
of a fall.
THOMAS ADAMS
A man's worth is no greater than the worth of his
ambitions.
MARCUS AURELIUS ANTONINUS
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, having reached the summit, longs to descend.
PIERRE CORNEILLE
Without ambition one starts nothing. Without work one finishes nothing. The
prize will not be sent to you. You have to win it. The man who knows will
always have a job. The man who also knows why will always be his boss. As to
methods there may be a million and then some, but principles are few. The man
who grasps principles can successfully select his own methods. The man who
tries methods, ignoring principles, is sure to have trouble.
RALPH WALDO EMERSON
Ambition is the germ from which all growth of
nobleness proceeds.
THOMAS D. ENGLISH
Ambition and the belly are the two worst counsellors.
GERMAN PROVERB
God gives every bird its food, but he does not throw
it into the nest.
JOSIAH G. HOLLAND
Most people would succeed in small things if they were
not troubled by great ambitions.
HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW
Ambition is so powerful a passion in the human breast,
that however high we reach, we are never satisfied.
NICCOLO MACHIAVELLI
If you have a great ambition, take as big a step as
possible in the direction of fulfilling it, but if the step is only a tiny one,
don't worry if it is the largest one now possible.
MILDRED MCAFEE
Ambition is a lust that is never quenched, but grows
more inflamed and madder by enjoyment.
THOMAS OTWAY
We often pass from love to ambition, but we hardly
ever return from ambition to love.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD
Ambition is an idol on whose wings great minds are
carried to extremes, to be sublimely great, or to be nothing.
THOMAS SOUTHERN
How like a mounting devil in the heart rules the
unreined ambition.
NATHANIEL P. WILLIS
Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you will land amongst the stars.
LES
BROWN
Some men give up their designs when they have almost reached the goal; while
others, on the contrary, obtain a victory by exerting, at the last moment, more
vigorous efforts than ever before.
HERODOTUS
Success isn't a result of spontaneous combustion. You must set yourself on
fire.
ARNOLD
H. GLASGOW
The greatest discovery of my generation is that human beings can alter their
lives by altering their attitudes of mind.
WILLIAM
JAMES
The greatest enemy of best is
"good". If you're willing to accept "good" you'll never be
the "best".
CHARLES
KAISER JR.
The men who succeed are the
efficient few. They are the few who have the ambition and will power to develop
themselves.
HERBERT
N. CASSON
The most important key to achieving great success is to decide upon your goal
and launch, get started, take action, move.
BRIAN
TRACY
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