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Quotes About Ambition

I hate what you represent."... "Power without conviction." Isana replied, her tone lifeless, matter of fact. "Ambition without conscience. Decent folk suffer at the hands of those like you.
~ Jim Butcher
A mans life is interesting primarily when he has failed. I well know. For its a sign that he tried to surpass himself.
~ Georges Clemenceau
I would be bored to death if I didn't control a country--Gin
~ Mayu Shinjo
There is a lure in power. It can get into a man's blood just as gambling and lust for money have been known to do.
~ Harry Truman
The world has achieved the most of so far, now it is after losing everything in this race of power.
~ Mahrukh
Everyone who searches for power, without exception, searches for battle. Do you fight in order to become more powerful? Or do you want more power so you can fight?
~ Lucifer
I began writing about power because I had so little.
~ Octavia E. Butler
What would you sacrifice for power?
~ Kiersten White, And I Darken
Those who want to power know no mercy.
~ Sir Kristian Goldmund Aumann
We have the power to bend all men to our whim, but are forever pushing ourselves further, trying to fly higher… and falling.
~ Darren Shan, Bec
Power is dangerous. It corrupts the best and attracts the worst. Power is only given to those who are prepared to lower themselves to pick it up.
~ Ragnar Lothbrok
Power will always attract the greedy and the weak.
~ Cassandra Clare, Lady Midnight
As he passed Alistair to depart the library, Bosque said, "I'm pleased you didn't limit your vision. Ambition is the fertile soil in which true power can be cultivated.
~ Andrea Cremer, Rise
A man who does not like power will suffer from its cruelty.
~ Shan Sa, Empress
It was Tigerstar's ambition that destroyed him. If he had been willing to wait for power to come to him, he would've been the greatest leader in the forest.
~ Erin Hunter, Outcast
You want power-either because you've already had a taste of it and want more, or because you've been made to feel powerless for too long.
~ Jennifer Lynn Barnes, All In
The biggest power play in the world is understanding your own power and then unleashing it to reach your goals and follow your dreams.
~ La La Anthony
A stupid is one who thinks that those in power today had clandestine means of getting there, yet wants to get there without thinking of the clandestine route they would be taking.
~ Michael Bassey Johnson
Desire for power is a kind of greed indulged by the unfulfilled
~ Michael Foley
You can be all that you wish to be.The power is in your own hands.
~ Lailah Gifty Akita
All people are brave when their power is rising.
~ Ab? Muslim
Don't underestimate the power of being underestimated.
~ Tim Fargo
Expand!You are not small. Your Foremothers did not do what they did so you could occupy small!
~ Malebo Sephodi
Let us go forth and unconquer the world!
~ Tom Althouse