Quotes About Ambition

To be first in the Middle East is not enough. We must raise ourselves to the level of a great world power.

Power is like saltwater; the more you drink, the thirstier you get.

The intent and not the deed Is in our power; and, therefore, who dares greatly Does greatly.

I would rather marry a good man, a man of mind, with a hope and bright prospects ahead for position, fame and power than to marry all the houses, gold and bones in the world.

Those who foolishly sought power by riding the back of the tiger ended up inside

We are responsible for what we are, and whatever we wish ourselves to be, we have the power to make ourselves.

The love of power is the demon of mankind.

... perhaps those who are best suited to power are those who have never sought it.

Of all human troubles the most hateful is to feel that you have the capacity of power and yet you have no field to excercise it.

The power of determination will make you unstoppable.

He who does not desire power is fit to hold it.

To think! All that power and he wasn't even rich!

Everyone has it within his power to say, this I am today, that I shall be tomorrow.

People — running from unhappiness, hiding in power — are locked within their reputations, ambitions, beliefs.

Greed may not be good, but it's not so bad either. You humans think greed is just for money or power, but everyone wants something they can't have.

Power is given only to those who dare to lower themselves and pick it up. Only one thing matters, one thing; to be able to dare!

Money is power. Every good man and woman ought to strive for power, to do good with it when obtained. I say, get rich, get rich!

Power is not given to you. You have to take it.

Ambition and thirst for power have a part but greed and greed alone is the reason for a man wanting to swell his ward.

Men seldom rise from low condition to high rank without employing either force or fraud, unless that rank should be attained either by gift or inheritance.

The only people who attain power are those who crave it.

My unlimited desire to create stuff surpasses the advancement in hardware power.

Great empires are not maintained by timidity.

Actually, I have no regard for money. Aside from its purchasing power, it's completely useless as far as I'm concerned.