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Ambition Quotes (page 2)

Milan Kundera quote: "Ambition is a poor excuse for not having sense enough to be lazy."
Ambition is a poor excuse for not having sense enough to be lazy. Milan Kundera
Sallust quote: "Ambition drove many men to become false; to have one thought..."
Ambition drove many men to become false; to have one thought locked in the breast, another ready on the tongue. Sallust
Sallust quote: "Ambition breaks the ties of blood, and forgets the obligations..."
Ambition breaks the ties of blood, and forgets the obligations of gratitude. Sallust
Bill Bradley quote: "Ambition is the path to success. Persistence is the vehicle..."
Ambition is the path to success. Persistence is the vehicle you arrive in. Bill Bradley
Napoleon Bonaparte quote: "Ambition never is in a greater hurry that I; it merely keeps..."
Ambition never is in a greater hurry that I; it merely keeps pace with circumstances and with my general way of thinking. Napoleon Bonaparte
Eleanor Roosevelt quote: "Ambition is pitiless. Any merit that it cannot use it finds..."
Ambition is pitiless. Any merit that it cannot use it finds despicable. Eleanor Roosevelt
Kenneth Kaunda quote: "Ambition never comes to an end."
Ambition never comes to an end. Kenneth Kaunda
Ambrose Bierce quote: "Ambition. An overmastering desire to be vilified by enemies..."
Ambition. An overmastering desire to be vilified by enemies while living and made ridiculous by friends when dead. Ambrose Bierce
Ben Jonson quote: "Ambition makes more trusty slaves than need."
Ambition makes more trusty slaves than need. Ben Jonson
A. C. Benson quote: "Ambition often puts Men upon doing the meanest offices; so..."
Ambition often puts Men upon doing the meanest offices; so climbing is performed in the same position with creeping. A. C. Benson
J. M. Barrie quote: "Ambition it is the last infirmity of noble minds."
Ambition it is the last infirmity of noble minds. J. M. Barrie
My second wife left me because she said I was too ambitious. She didn't realize that it is only the dying who are free from ambition. And they probably have the ambition to live. Some men disguise their ambition--that's all. I was in a position to help this young man my wife loved. He soon showed his ambition then. There are different types of ambition - that is all, and my wife found she preferred mine. Because it was limitless. They do not feel the infinite is an unworthy rival, but for a... Graham Greene
A man without ambition is dead. A man with ambition but no love is dead. A man with ambition and love for his blessings here on earth is ever so alive. Pearl Bailey
It ought to be the employer’s ambition as leader to pay than any similar line of business, and it ought to be the workman’s ambition to make it possible Henry Ford
My own ambition, my deepest and truest ambition, is to find within myself someday, somehow, the ability to do likewise, to do NOTHING - and find it enough. Edward Abbey

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