Ambition Quotes

I had given up around 1950 any ambition of making a career as an artist.. .I had lost all interest in the art shown in galleries and museums, and I no longer aspired to fit in that world. I loved the paintings done by children, and my only desire was to do the same for my own pleasure.

Jean Dubuffet
- Up
- World
- Children
A dream without ambition is like a car without gas... you're not going anywhere.

Sean Hampton
- Dream
- Car
- Ambition

Who soars too near the sun, with golden wings, melts them.

William Shakespeare
- Sun
- Wings
- Golden
I was utterly without worldly ambition because I knew that all that was needed for a rich, full life was a few shillings a week with which to buy SF magazines and beer.

Bob Shaw
- Life
- Ambition
- Beer
There is no evil that does not promise inducements. Avarice promises money; luxury, a varied assortment of pleasures; ambition, a purple robe and applause. Vices tempt you by the rewards they offer.

Seneca the Younger
- Evil
- Promise
- Pleasure
Humans struggle to remain attuned to one another - they want to turn away because of fear, or ambition, or boredom, or some lure of the ego. It's difficult. It requires radical vulnerability, radical risk.

C.E. Morgan
- Fear
- Risk
- Struggle
Although my other ambition was to be a musical theater star (and I would attend college on a voice scholarship), writing was never far from my mind.

Alex Flinn
- Writing
- Mind
- College
In the early days, I had everything to prove. A very working class lad with a burning ambition. A very crude way of measuring success is how much you are worth.

John Caudwell
- Success
- Ambition