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Quotations by Subject: Ambition (23 quotes)

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Dreams, goals, ambitions - these are the stuff man uses for fuel.: L. Ron Hubbard (1911 - 1986)
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Ambition - it is the last infirmity of noble minds.: James M. Barrie (1860 - 1937)
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I have no spur to prick the sides of my intent, but only vaulting ambition, which o'erleaps itself, and falls on the other.: William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), Macbeth, Act I, sc. 7
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Lowliness is young ambition's ladder, Whereto the climber-upward turns his face; But when he once attains the upmost round, He then unto the ladder turns his back, Looks in the clouds, scorning the base degrees By which he did ascend: William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), Julius Caesar, Act II, sc.1
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Ambition, the soldier's virtue, rather makes choice of loss, than gain which darkens him.: William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), Antony and Cleopatra, Act III, sc.1
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The nature of society is largely determined by the direction in which talent and ambition flow-by the tilt of the social landscape.: Eric Hoffer (1902 - 1983), The Temper of Our Time, 1967
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Women who seek to be equal with men lack ambition.: Timothy Leary (1920 - 1996)
Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved.: Helen Keller (1880 - 1968)
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 how 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.: Emerson
Wisdom alone is true ambition's aim Wisdom the source of virtue, and of fame, Obtained with labor, for mankind employed, And then, when most you share it, best enjoyed.: Alfred North Whitehead (1861 - 1947)

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