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Ambition Quotes

I was happy when I got into film school. I’d simply satisfied my ambition to show them that I could get in - nothing else - although I do believe they shouldn’t have accepted me. I was a complete idiot. I can’t understand why they took me. Probably because I’d tried three times Picture Quote #1

The egotistical ambition to always want to earn more money harms both the company and the individual himself. That is the biggest weakness of many managers - the financial crisis has proven this Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

I have no real ambition or strategy. If this was all to finish, it’s totally fine. There’s a lot more to do out there than put on silly frocks and shout for a living. I could always go back to, ‘Would you like soup with that?’ Picture Quote #1

I think I’ve always been ambitious. It just looks different on me. You know, I have friends who are actresses who go to every party they possibly can to be photographed and really try to make every connection they can, and I admire that and sometimes I wish I had a little bit more of that. Sometimes I feel like I don’t have enough ambition Picture Quote #1

Ambition is a funny thing. You can completely screw yourself with it if you’re not careful Picture Quote #1

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But ambition is a funny thing: it creeps in when you least expect it and keeps you moving, even when you think you want to stay put Picture Quote #1

The message for all students should be: Put down the bong and get to work, because the number of curious, eager-to-learn peers around the world with the means and ambition to get a great college education is about to increase a thousandfold Picture Quote #1

Initially I only decided to try and write a novel because I wasn’t getting enough screenwriting work. It wasn’t a long-held ambition, and certainly the idea came first Picture Quote #1

The man who starts out simply with the idea of getting rich won’t succeed, you must have a larger ambition Picture Quote #1

The writer has a grudge against society, which he documents with accounts of unsatisfying sex, unrealized ambition, unmitigated loneliness, and a sense of local and global distress Picture Quote #1

I find myself really privileged to be able to go in and look at a set that the likes of Hollywood can provide, and say, ‘My God, look at the craftsmanship in this; look at the ambition in it, the scale of it.’ Picture Quote #1

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Those with less curiosity or ambition just mumble that God works in mysterious ways. I intend to catch him in the act Picture Quote #1

Leadership is not about sitting and presiding, it’s about a going somewhere. To be buoyant, you must not only ignite passion around a common quest, you must also mobilize your team to take a journey with you toward a common destination, or what I call a real ambition Picture Quote #1

There are a lot of people who go to Washington or go to their state houses with a personal ambition in mind Picture Quote #1

And there are certain songs that are really timepieces and shouldn’t be touched. But some of them are a celebration of good humour and sensibility and I think that’s okay. I don’t care about the past, I’m a musician with ambition Picture Quote #1

Aggressiveness is good in a combat leader. Combining that with ambition and insecurity becomes more problematic Picture Quote #1

A constitution founded on these principles introduces knowledge among the people, and inspires them with a conscious dignity becoming freemen; a general emulation takes place, which causes good humor, sociability, good manners, and good morals to be general. That elevation of sentiment inspired by such a government, makes the common people brave and enterprising. That ambition which is inspired by it makes them sober, industrious, and frugal Picture Quote #1

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The Y2K bug is a genuine technical concern, consuming the energies of many specialists. But the prophecies of doom represent a broader worldview using the bug as a news hook. In this vision, the good society is a stable society, undisrupted by innovation, ambition or outside influences Picture Quote #1

I don’t have a particular ambition in any medium. I just want to keep telling stories. If somebody pays me, also good Picture Quote #1

I’m not driven by killer ambition. I’m not a workaholic. I’m a good team player. I don’t have to be captain, but I do want to play on a winning team Picture Quote #1

A good work ethic is not so much a concern for hard work but rather one for responsibility. There have been a great many men and women who have in fact used work or hustle or selfish ambition as an escape from real responsibility, an escape from purpose. In matters such as these, the hard worker is just as dysfunctional as the sloth Picture Quote #1

To be the best in your field is a great ambition, and requires discipline and a huge amount of effort. The athletes who possess this drive are the ones I am attracted to Picture Quote #1

Housewife: a position requiring great ambition to fill. Must have the determination to scrub mold, the good taste to distribute a checking account, and the good will to repeat this at a maid service or department store after her husband starts coming home drunk Picture Quote #1

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Modern wife: A position thought to require great ambition to fill. After initially showing some skill at a maid service or department store, the husband takes her home to find that she has risen too high in the world to generalize that skill, which drives him to drink Picture Quote #1

Modeling is a great beginning, but it’s also a kind of trap if you have any ambition or a mind that needs to be stimulated Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

Long before they slump into poverty, great powers succumb to a poverty of ambition Picture Quote #1

Elections to office, which are the great objects of ambition, I look at with terror! Picture Quote #1

It is not sufficient for the young to devote their enthusiasm, their courage, their ambition, their self-sacrifice to the great ideas of the time; the young must not only preserve but increase their powers if they are to be really equal to their eternal task: that of drawing the age in advance Picture Quote #1

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I was happy when I got into film school. I’d simply satisfied my ambition to show them that I could get in - nothing else - although I do believe they shouldn’t have accepted me. I was a complete idiot. I can’t understand why they took me. Probably because I’d tried three times. (Ambition Quotes) The egotistical ambition to always want to earn more money harms both the company and the individual himself. That is the biggest weakness of many managers - the financial crisis has proven this. (Ambition Quotes) 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. (Ambition Quotes) I have no real ambition or strategy. If this was all to finish, it’s totally fine. There’s a lot more to do out there than put on silly frocks and shout for a living. I could always go back to, ‘Would you like soup with that?’ (Ambition Quotes) I think I’ve always been ambitious. It just looks different on me. You know, I have friends who are actresses who go to every party they possibly can to be photographed and really try to make every connection they can, and I admire that and sometimes I wish I had a little bit more of that. Sometimes I feel like I don’t have enough ambition. (Ambition Quotes) Ambition is a funny thing. You can completely screw yourself with it if you’re not careful. (Ambition Quotes) But ambition is a funny thing: it creeps in when you least expect it and keeps you moving, even when you think you want to stay put. (Ambition Quotes) The message for all students should be: Put down the bong and get to work, because the number of curious, eager-to-learn peers around the world with the means and ambition to get a great college education is about to increase a thousandfold. (Ambition Quotes) Initially I only decided to try and write a novel because I wasn’t getting enough screenwriting work. It wasn’t a long-held ambition, and certainly the idea came first. (Ambition Quotes) The man who starts out simply with the idea of getting rich won’t succeed, you must have a larger ambition. (Ambition Quotes) The writer has a grudge against society, which he documents with accounts of unsatisfying sex, unrealized ambition, unmitigated loneliness, and a sense of local and global distress. (Ambition Quotes) I find myself really privileged to be able to go in and look at a set that the likes of Hollywood can provide, and say, ‘My God, look at the craftsmanship in this; look at the ambition in it, the scale of it.’ (Ambition Quotes) Those with less curiosity or ambition just mumble that God works in mysterious ways. I intend to catch him in the act. (Ambition Quotes) Leadership is not about sitting and presiding, it’s about a going somewhere. To be buoyant, you must not only ignite passion around a common quest, you must also mobilize your team to take a journey with you toward a common destination, or what I call a real ambition. (Ambition Quotes) There are a lot of people who go to Washington or go to their state houses with a personal ambition in mind. (Ambition Quotes) And there are certain songs that are really timepieces and shouldn’t be touched. But some of them are a celebration of good humour and sensibility and I think that’s okay. I don’t care about the past, I’m a musician with ambition. (Ambition Quotes) Aggressiveness is good in a combat leader. Combining that with ambition and insecurity becomes more problematic. (Ambition Quotes) A constitution founded on these principles introduces knowledge among the people, and inspires them with a conscious dignity becoming freemen; a general emulation takes place, which causes good humor, sociability, good manners, and good morals to be general. That elevation of sentiment inspired by such a government, makes the common people brave and enterprising. That ambition which is inspired by it makes them sober, industrious, and frugal. (Ambition Quotes) The Y2K bug is a genuine technical concern, consuming the energies of many specialists. But the prophecies of doom represent a broader worldview using the bug as a news hook. In this vision, the good society is a stable society, undisrupted by innovation, ambition or outside influences. (Ambition Quotes) I don’t have a particular ambition in any medium. I just want to keep telling stories. If somebody pays me, also good. (Ambition Quotes) I’m not driven by killer ambition. I’m not a workaholic. I’m a good team player. I don’t have to be captain, but I do want to play on a winning team. (Ambition Quotes) A good work ethic is not so much a concern for hard work but rather one for responsibility. There have been a great many men and women who have in fact used work or hustle or selfish ambition as an escape from real responsibility, an escape from purpose. In matters such as these, the hard worker is just as dysfunctional as the sloth. (Ambition Quotes) To be the best in your field is a great ambition, and requires discipline and a huge amount of effort. The athletes who possess this drive are the ones I am attracted to. (Ambition Quotes) Housewife: a position requiring great ambition to fill. Must have the determination to scrub mold, the good taste to distribute a checking account, and the good will to repeat this at a maid service or department store after her husband starts coming home drunk. (Ambition Quotes) Modern wife: A position thought to require great ambition to fill. After initially showing some skill at a maid service or department store, the husband takes her home to find that she has risen too high in the world to generalize that skill, which drives him to drink. (Ambition Quotes) Modeling is a great beginning, but it’s also a kind of trap if you have any ambition or a mind that needs to be stimulated. (Ambition Quotes) 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. (Ambition Quotes) Long before they slump into poverty, great powers succumb to a poverty of ambition (Ambition Quotes) Elections to office, which are the great objects of ambition, I look at with terror! (Ambition Quotes) It is not sufficient for the young to devote their enthusiasm, their courage, their ambition, their self-sacrifice to the great ideas of the time; the young must not only preserve but increase their powers if they are to be really equal to their eternal task: that of drawing the age in advance. (Ambition Quotes)

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