Quotes About Ambition

He was a typical workaholic, driven to succeed and willing to put in the hours to do so. It didn't leave much time for a social life. (Greg)

Claray had not been made to spend her life on her knees in prayer. The lass had too much passion in her for that. So, he would marry her, reclaim his name, title and home and set to work filling her belly with bairns. The thought made him smile, and imagining all the ways to accomplish the task of filling her belly, all the positions and places he could do so, helped pass the time as they continued their ride through the long day and the evening that followed.

that's the only place you find fairy tales, Hirianthial. In books. In the real world, there's always someone who has to clean the kitchen and take out the trash. There's always politics. There's always someone who wants to get ahead and doesn't care who they squash on their way up.

I let myself go to the to and fro of events and days, sometimes bewildered, sometimes apathetic, between ambition and discouragement.

Ambition, since it is an eagle, cracked the egg on that occasion, and unveiled the bright, penetrating eye inside.

Tem asas como as das águias; Nem pousa sobre o granito; Aspira para o infinito; Pede tudo e tudo quer!

Que pour être efficace, il faut cacher ses intentions.

En hij kan het beste te werk gaan zoals bekwame boogschutters, die wanneer ze het doel dat ze willen raken te ver weg achten, omdat ze weten wat de kracht van hun boog is, het mikpunt veel hoger nemen dan het doelwit, niet om met hun pijl zo hoog te komen, maar om met behulp van dat hoge mikpunt hun doel te kunnen bereiken.

BaÅŸkas?n?n güçlenmesinin nedeni olan kiÅŸi kendi y?k?m?na yol açar çünkü o güç ya becerinin ya zor kullanman?n sonucudur ve güçlü hale gelmiÅŸ kiÅŸi için bu iki nitelik de kuÅŸkuludur

Krall?k etmek için bir krall?k d???nda hiçbir eksiÄŸi yoktu. (Quod nihil illi deerat ad regnandum praeter regnum)

Não se pode definir como virtude a matança dos próprios concidadãos, a traição aos amigos e a demonstração de falta de lealdade, de piedade, de consciência e de ideal moral: Essas práticas podem conquistar o poder ao príncipe, nunca a glória.

These opportunities, then, gave these men the chance they needed, and their great abilities made them recognize it.

discontented inhabitants who willingly admit a foreign power either through excessive ambition or through fear, as was the case with the Etolians, who admitted the Romans into Greece. So it was with every province that the Romans entered: they were brought in by the inhabitants themselves.

Do you are laugh because you are successful or because another one is unfortunate?

But we know that just because we want something does not mean that we will get what we want

Or don't allow yourself to want something you're not going to have the courage to accept when you get it.

We are never satisfied with what we have done. We know that our best is never adequate. If I had to be satisfied with what I have written I'd still be on my first novel. But I wrote what was for me the best book I could write at that moment in time.

But in University women were there because they were studious. Or because they wanted people to think they

I wish I knew what you were planning to do with your life, Kit McMahon,' Clio said. 'So do I,' Kit agreed fervently.

Ä°nsanlar kendi uÄŸraÅŸlar?n? kendileri seçmeli, kendi y?ld?zlar?n?n peÅŸinden gitmeli.

Herkes gerçekten istediÄŸi ÅŸeyin peÅŸinden gidebilecek kadar cesur olsa, dünya bambaÅŸka bir yer olurdu...

She was so eager and enthusiastic that Freda and Lane felt dull and slow in comparison. If Eva had been running the library, there might be fairy lights around it, and music blaring from inside. She could have set up a cocktail bar in the foyer. Her life was like her house—a colorful fantasy where anything was possible if you wanted it badly enough.

Hard work is only a prison sentence when you lack motivation

The sense of possibility so necessary for success comes not just from inside us or from our parents. It comes from our time: from the particular opportunities that our place in history presents us with.