Martin Luther Quotes

Ambition begat simony; simony begat the pope and his brethren, about the time of the Babylonish captivity.

Martin Luther

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• There is a big divergence between views on a variety of policy issues from fiscal stimulus to financial regulation. It's my hope and my ambition for the economics profession that as we advance our knowledge, that those discussions will narrow in their focus, and that it will help to have more prudent policy-making down the road.

  

  Lars Peter Hansen
  • Help
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• Ambition is the immoderate desire for power.

  

  Baruch Spinoza
  • Power
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  • Ambition

• So they've actually - it's not that her character is a singer, but she had ambition to do that at an earlier time in her life. So I've actually sung two or three times now on the show.

  

  Katey Sagal
  • Life
  • Time
  • She

• The Champions League is a big ambition, and all the footballers want to play in it; it is a very important competition.

  

  Fernando Torres
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  • Want
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• I had no ambition to make a fortune. Mere money-making has never been my goal, I had an ambition to build.

  

  Eden Phillpotts
  • Money
  • Never
  • Goal

• Ambition drives you on, ability certainly helps, but the fickle finger of fate and luck are great things.

  

  Fergus Henderson
  • Great
  • Ambition
  • Fate

• My personal ambition remains the same - to be creative, to be modern, to stay one step ahead, to enjoy life.

  

  Natalie Massenet
  • Life
  • Ambition
  • Enjoy Life

• Medicine was certainly intended to be a career. I wanted to become a psychiatrist, an adolescent ambition which, of course, is fulfilled by many psychiatrists. The doctor/psychiatrist figures in my writing are alter egos of a kind, what I would have been had I not become a writer - a personal fantasy that I've fed into my fiction.

  

  J. G. Ballard
  • Writing
  • Career
  • Ambition

• Having the ambition of becoming Olympic champion is a whole different ambition from wanting to be the greatest.

  

  Daley Thompson
  • Different
  • Ambition
  • Champion

• Though ambition in itself is a vice, yet it is often the parent of virtues.

  

  Quintilian
  • Ambition
  • Parent
  • Often

• Every man is said to have his peculiar ambition. Whether it be true or not, I can say, for one, that I have no other so great as that of being truly esteemed of my fellow-men, by rendering myself worthy of their esteem. How far I shall succeed in gratifying this ambition is yet to be developed.

  

  Abraham Lincoln
  • Great
  • Men
  • True

• Yes, I love the glamour industry. I love the work that I've done so far. But it's not as if I have this biting ambition to be at the top.

  

  Malaika Arora Khan
  • Work
  • Love
  • Ambition

• My dream is to make Katihar a model district. I have no personal ambition.

  

  Tariq Anwar
  • Dream
  • Model
  • Ambition

• Focusing your life solely on making a buck shows a certain poverty of ambition. It asks too little of yourself. Because it's only when you hitch your wagon to something larger than yourself that you realize your true potential.

  

  Barack Obama
  • Life
  • True
  • Yourself

• Being kind is the most important thing I've ever been taught. That's what my parents always told me - more important than ambition or success is being kind to people. The cornerstone of my life. What I aspire to is to be kind.

  

  Rafe Spall
  • People
  • Life
  • Important

• My nomination to be Governor was not to gratify ambition.

  

  Lajos Kossuth
  • Ambition
  • Nomination

• What is my loftiest ambition? I've always wanted to throw an egg at an electric fan.

  

  Oliver Herford
  • Always
  • Ambition
  • Egg

• My ambition is to hit .400 and talk 1.000.

  

  Yogi Berra
  • Ambition

• Being on a major network television show is like long-distance running: You have to pace yourself and maintain your energy level and your morale. There's the role you're playing on the show, and there's also your behind-the-scenes responsibility to the crew, the guest actors and the fans - not to mention your own life as a mom.

  

  Kathryn Erbe
  • Life
  • Long
  • Energy

• You ask ‘for what’ God wants you. Isn’t the primary answer that He wants you. We’re not told that the lost sheep was sought out for anything except itself [Matthew 18:12-14; Luke 15:3-7]. Of course, He may have a special job for you: and the certain job is that of becoming more and more His.

  

  C. S. Lewis
  • God
  • May
  • Job

• When you model, there's no way you can't notice yourself. Do you know what I mean? Because you're constantly surrounded by people saying, 'Oh, she's too short, she's too skinny, she's this, she's whatever.' And you're right there. They're talking about you, and you're right there.

  

  Cara Delevingne
  • People
  • She
  • Model

• I love to listen to pop music and I admire people who do that, but I don't think I would ever be a very good pop star. I always leave that singing voice for the shower! I wouldn't put it out in the world!

  

  Katherine Jenkins
  • People
  • World
  • Good

• Set your target and keep trying until you reach it.

  

  Napoleon Hill
  • Trying
  • Target
  • Reach It

• Ambition begat simony; simony begat the pope and his brethren, about the time of the Babylonish captivity.

  

  Martin Luther
  • Ambition
  • Pope
  • Captivity