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Ambition Quotes
"I wanted to be an outstanding player, that was my ambition."
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"Me only have one ambition, y'know. I only have one thing I really like to see happen. I like to see mankind live together - black, white, Chinese, everyone - that's all."
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"My nomination to be Governor was not to gratify ambition."
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"Ambition is a poor excuse for not having sense enough to be lazy."
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"Aim for the moon. If you miss, you may hit a star."
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"But we need to show that the EU can modernise itself, can adapt to the needs of its citizens, can take their views into account. That will be our ambition for the UK Presidency."
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"My biggest ambition is never to be bored. I'm not aggressive enough to strongly run after being an actress."
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"As a youngster, I enjoyed sport and my ambition was to be a great sportsman."
"Oh that I were seated as high as my ambition, I'd place my naked foot on the necks of monarchs."
"I wish we would all remember that being American is not just about the freedom we have; it is about those who gave it to us."
"I used to think I had ambition... but now I'm not so sure. It may have been only discontent. They're easily confused."
"What is my loftiest ambition? I've always wanted to throw an egg at an electric fan."
"A job should only be a stepping stone to being your own boss."
"When you reach for the stars you may not quite get one, but you won't come up with a handful of mud either."
"You can touch the moon if you really want to do it."
"My only ambition is to be true every moment I am living."
"An ounce of hypocracy is worth a pound of ambition."
"A dream is the reality of a future that exists in a person's imagination."
"You cannot reach the stars feet on the ground."
"I never wanted to be an anchor for 25 years, and suddenly I wanted to be one."
"In the morning envision victory, at night dream of it, but during the day fight for it."
"Discipline is needed in our pursuit."
"We're not all nice, and there are a lot of levels of ambition and niceness."
"In order to have success, you have to concentrate on your goals."
"The aim, if reached or not, makes great the life: Try to be Shakespeare, leave the rest to fate!"
"Expect success. Desire success. Attract success. Realize success."
"Ambition, if it feeds at all, does so on the ambition of others."
"I have no ambition to surprise my reader. Castles with unknown passages are not compatible with my homely muse."
"Ambition never is in a greater hurry that I; it merely keeps pace with circumstances and with my general way of thinking."
"If the grass is greener on the other side, start watering your own."
"Among those best known, their highest ambition is to build American homes, possess American furniture, dress in American clothes, adopt the American style of living and be American citizens."
"An ambitious amateur will rise above a complacent master."
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