I had a burning ambition.
Otherwise, I wouldn't have
accomplished it.
--Claire
Bloom – British Actress Born 1931
I had all the usual ambition
growing up. I wanted to be a
writer, a musician, a hockey
player. I wanted to do something
that wasn't nine to five. Acting
was the first thing I tried that
clicked.
--Michael
J. Fox – Canadian Actor Born 1961
I had ambition not only to go
farther than any man had ever been
before, but as far as it was
possible for a man to go.
--Joseph
Conrad – Polish Novelist 1857-1924
I never had any ambition to be a
star, or whatever it is called,
and I'm still embarrassed at the
word.
--John
Hurt – British Actor Born 1940
I should have been smart enough to
stay happy. But my ambition ruled
my life.
--Eva
Gabor – Hungarian Actress
1921-1995
I used to think I had ambition...
but now I'm not so sure. It may
have been only discontent. They're
easily confused.
--Rachel
Field – American Novelist
1894-1942
I wanted to be an outstanding
player, that was my ambition.
--Imran
Khan – Pakistani Cricket Player
and Politician Born 1952
Ambition is a dream with a V8
engine.
--Elvis
Presley – American Musician
1935-1977
Ambition is a drug that makes its
addicts potential madmen.
--Emile
M. Cioran – Romanian Philosopher
1911-1995
Ambition is a lust that is never
quenched, but grows more inflamed
and madder by enjoyment.
--Thomas
Otway – English Dramatist
1652-1685
Ambition is not what man does...
but what man would do.
--Robert
Browning – English Poet 1812-1889
Ambition is so powerful a passion
in the human breast, that however
high we reach we are never
satisfied.
--Henry
Wadsworth Longfellow – American
Poet 1807-1882
Ambition is the germ from which
all growth of nobleness proceeds.
--Oscar
Wilde – Irish Dramatist 1854-1900
Ambition is the path to success,
persistence is the vehicle you
arrive in.
--William
Eardley IV – American Public
Servant Born 1964
Ambition leads me not only farther
than any other man has been before
me, but as far as I think it
possible for man to go.
--James
Cook – British Explorer 1728-1779
Ambition may be defined as the
willingness to receive any number
of hits on the nose.
--Wilfred
Owen – English Soldier 1893-1918
Ambition never is in a greater
hurry that I; it merely keeps pace
with circumstances and with my
general way of thinking.
--Napoleon
Bonaparte – French Leader
1769-1821
At the beginning of the 20th
century, the ambition of the great
painters was to make paintings
that were like music, which was
then considered as the noblest
art.
--Brian
Eno – British Musician Born 19486 |
