Quotes About Ambition

It is important for a woman to have the duplicity to make good use of whatever gifts she might have, however valueless they might seem... You have to have the inner strength to pursue your goal, and not care how many enemies you make along the road. It is not easy.

Success without envy was like snails without sauce—and, as any cultivated woman knew, the sauce is everything!

But he was too proud and too ambitious to be a coward. He had grasped what he wanted without flinching.

Never allow your dreams to be limited. You should aim for the stars. Live and die with your arms outstretched and your eyes seeking the next goal.

No one wants their dreams broken. Patriotism is a very powerful force.

She has the world on a string, and she contemplates it with some satisfaction.

She reminded us of the possibilities we have not the courage to strive for. We are too afraid of failure.

People create these extravagant habitats because they have vision, love of beauty, hopes and dreams.

I WANT to be a saint. I want to save souls by the millions. I want to do good far and wide. I want to fight evil! I want my life-sized statue in every church. I'm talking six feet tall, blond hair, blue eyes-. Wait a second. Do you know who I am?

Those who desire power want to be immune to the power of others.

Of course all that these young bourgeois really wanted was to be aristocrats. They bought titles, married into aristocratic families whenever they could. And it's one of the little jokes of history that they got mixed up in the Revolution, and helped to abolish the class which in fact they really wanted to join.

I had to have him, had to. Just the way I had to have everything I wanted; or had to do everything I'd ever wanted to do.

there was no time in Lestat's plan for anything but his plan.

be careful what you wish for; your wish might come true.

I dream the dreams of the young,' he said. 'And they are always dreams of being older, and richer, and wiser, and stronger, don't you think?

Five nights ago the Voice had said, "You of all understand me. You of all understand power, the desire for power, what is at the heart of the desire for power." "Which is what?" Rhosh had asked the Voice. "Simple," the Voice had replied. "Those who desire power want to be immune to the power of others.

Those who desire power want to

We seek power so as not to fall under anyone else's power

You make me think of the old story about Alexander the Great. He wept when there were no more worlds to conquer. Will you

There was no place for the poetry or history which had come from a greedy mind and heart.

I had robbed myself of my own Child of the Blood by my splendid designs.

I wanted my house, my children, Amadeo, Bianca. I wanted my Venice. I wanted my mortal world.

If I failed tonight, I would be another legend.

Sueño los sueños de los jóvenes ?confesó?, o sea que siempre sueño con ser mayor, más rico, más sensato, más fuerte. Solté una risita.