Quotes About Ambition

Like one that stands upon a promontory,And spies a far-off shore where he would tread,Wishing his foot were equal with his eye.

William Shakespeare

I am Thane of Cawdor:If good, why do I yield to that suggestionWhose horrid image doth unfix my hairAnd make my seated heart knock at my ribs,Against the use of nature? Present fearsAre less than horrible imaginings.

O! the fierce wretchedness that glory brings us.

Cloud-kissing Ilion.

Be not afraid of greatness some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them.

Begin at Act II, Scene 2, line 242: Royal wench, she did lay great Caesar's sword to bed--he plowed her and she cropt.

Every man has business and desire, Such as it is.

He was my friend, faithful, and just to me, but Brutus says, he was ambitious, and Brutus is an honorable man. He hath brought many captives home to Rome, whose ransoms did the general coffers fill. Did this in Caesar seem ambitious. When the poor have cried, Caesar hath wept. Ambition should me made of sterner stuff, yet Brutus says, he was ambitious and Brutus is an honorable man.

O, now, for ever Farewell the tranquil mind farewell content Farewell the plumed troop and the big wars That make ambition virtue O, farewell Farewell the neighing steed and the shrill trump, The spirit-stirring drum, the ear-piercing fife, The royal banner, and all quality, Pride, pomp, and circumstance of glorious war And, O you mortal engines, whose rude throats The immortal Jove's dread clamours counterfeit, Farewell Othello's occupation's gone

To business that we love, we rise betime and go to't with delight.

Be not afraid of greatness. Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and others have greatness thrust upon them.

Stars, hide your fires; Let not light see my black and deep desires.

Success should always be just beyond your grasp.

don't understand the concept of retirement.

In this, the eightieth year of my life, I should be settling down, taking it easy, resting on laurels. Forget it.

Poverty plus confidence equals pioneers. We never doubted.

Aquele que só for atraído pelas honrarias e pela ambição do mando, sem esperança de produzir trabalho útil, é indigno da posição que disputa e incapaz de exercer o poder.

I have come to the conclusion that the greatest obstacle to getting what we really want in life is not the other party, as difficult as he or she can be. The biggest obstacle is actually ourselves.

Gigantic, willful, young,Chicago sitteth at the northwest gates.

Wisdom alone is true ambition's aim, wisdom the source of virtue, and of fame, obtained with labour, for mankind employed, and then, when most you share it, best enjoyed.

We are too young to realize that certain things are impossible... So we will do them anyway.

Ambition has but one reward for all: A little power, a little transient fame, a grave to rest in, and a fading name!

What is pride? A rocket that emulates the stars