Ambition Quotes

I have no ambition to govern men; it is a painful and thankless office.

Let love flow so that it cleanses the world. Then man can live in peace, instead of the state of turmoil he has created through his past ways of life, with all those material interests and earthly ambitions.

Ambition is an uncomfortable companion many times. He creates a discontent with present surroundings and achievements; he is never satisfied but always pressing forward to better things in the future. Restless, energetic, purposeful, it is ambition that makes of the creature a real man.

I’ve got a great ambition to die of exhaustion rather than boredom.

I don’t have any ambition.

All sins have their origin in a sense of inferiority otherwise called ambition.

Climate change poses an existential threat to the planet that is no less dire than that posed by North Korea’s nuclear ambitions.

I’m an entrepreneur. ‘Ambitious’ is my middle name.

Let us recollect that peace or war will not always be left to our option; that however moderate or unambitious we may be, we cannot count upon the moderation, or hope to extinguish the ambition of others.

It is easier to make progress on mega-ambitious dreams. Since no one else is crazy enough to do it, you have little competition.