Quotes About Ambition

This is what you wanted, isn't it? he asks. What you sacrificed everything for. Go on. It's all yours.

Let me have everything I ever wanted, everything I ever dreamed, and eternal misery along with it.

There are rumours that Cardan never wanted the throne, that he will hand it over to Oak willingly at some vague future time. But when I think of High King Cardan with his black curls and cruel mouth, the way he behaves- silly and dangersome all at once- I don't believe he would relinquish power. He might, however, trick Oak into going on a quest he wouldn't return from. Build him up with stories of honour and valiant deeds.

Nicasia's wrong about me. I don't desire to do as well in the tournament as one of the fey. I want to win. I do not yearn to be their equal. In my heart, I yearn to best them.

La ambición es muy curiosa: puedes contraerla como si fuera una fiebre, pero no es tan fácil desprenderte de ella

Bring me the crown, Cardan,' Balekin says. Prince Cardan turns on his elder brother the same cool and calculated gaze with which he has regarded so many other creatures before he's torn the wings from their back, before he's cast them in to rivers or sent them from the Court entirely. 'No, brother. I do not think that I will. I think that if I did not have another reason to cross you, I would do it for spite.

If i cannot be better than them, I will become so much worse" -Jude Duarte

So am I! And the only reason I'm in the human world is because Dad wants the stupid crown and you want it and everyone wants it. Well, I don't. It's cursed.

But we all want stupid things. That doesn't mean we should have them.

You could take the job," Balthazar said. "You want to quit the game for good? Go out in style. Come on, Charlatan, you could steal breath from a body, hate from a heart, the moon from the sky." "Flattery is so unlike you.

All power is cursed. The most terrible among us will do anything to get it, and those who'd wield power best don't want it thrust upon them.

What's wrong with Oak? He stomped in here and slammed his door. Is he going to be this dramatic when he's a teenager?' 'He doesn't want to be High King,' I tell her. 'Oh. That.' Vivi glances toward his bedroom. 'I thought it was something important.

You gotta be a shark in this business," Benny told her, with his soft voice and his slicked-back hair. "Sniff around for blood in the water.Greet life teeth first. And no matter what, never stop swimming.

If I cannot be better then them, I will become so much worse

If I cannot be better than them, I will become so much worse - Jude Duarte, the Cruel Prince

The odd thing about ambition is this you can aquire it like a fever, but it is not so easy to shed.

If you could reach your hand up far enough, could you pluck the moon from the sky? "I wouldn't play the game if I couldn't win.

Nicasia's wrong about me. I don't desire to do as well in the tournament as one of the fey. I want to win. I do not yearn to be their equal. In my heart I yearn to best them.

Ambicja to coÅ› doprawdy szczególnego, Å'atwo siÄ™ niÄ… zarazi?, za to trudno jÄ… powstrzyma?.

Rzecz w tym, ?e gdy czego? wyj?tkowo mocno pragniemy, gotowi jeste?my zaryzykowa? prawie wszystko.

if i can't be better than them i'll become much worse

Cardan had grown up in the palace, a wild thing to be cosseted by courtiers and scowled at by the High King. No one much liked him, and he told himself he cared little for anyone else. And if he sometimes thought about how he might do something to win his father's favour, something to make the Court respect him and love him, he kept that to himself. He certainly asked no one to tell him stories, and yet he found it was nice to be told one. He kept that to himself, too.

What did he offer you?' I ask, like we're all in on the same joke. Yes, it's a gamble. Maybe Cardan didn't offer them anything at all. I try not to seem like I'm holding my breathe. I try not to show how small Cardan makes me feel. The Ghost gives me one of his rare smiles. 'Mostly gold, but also power. Position.' 'A lot of things he hasn't got,' said the Bomb. 'I thought we were friends,' Cardan says halfheartedly.

If I cannot be better than them, I will become much worse.