Ambition Quotes

I’m certainly not aware of suppressing more sophisticated ambitions.

A dangerous ambition more often lurks behind the specious mask of zeal for the rights of the people, than under the forbidding appearance of zeal for the firmness and efficiency of Government.

Ambition is when you close the gap between your circumstances and expectations.

Traditionally women have been more reticent to acknowledge their ambition and to say it with pride. So I like having people who work for us who are ambitious, engaged, respectful. Mis-hiring is a huge mistake. It’s a tremendous opportunity cost throwing the position to the wrong person.

Ambition is the great fire, it’s the liberator of the unconscious person. No goals, no growth; no clarity, no change.

The average Hollywood film star’s ambition is to be admired by an American, courted by an Italian, married to an Englishman and have a French boyfriend.

I remember the whole thing with the word ambition. I was messed up for a while because I associated it with certain people who just want to be famous. I think, for a while, it was kind of a dirty word for women.

To young girls and women everywhere: dream with ambition and know that there are no limits to what you can be.

Patriotism. Combustible rubbish ready to the torch of any one ambitious to illuminate his name.

The best job a man could have would be a chef. They’d understand the long hours I work and the drive and ambition it takes to succeed.