Ambition Quotes

Collection of phrases and quotes about ambition.

Charles Bukowski

Charles Bukowski

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My ambition is hindered by my laziness.

Edmund Burke

Edmund Burke

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Take care of your ambition. It can soar but also crawl.

Lord Byron

Lord Byron

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Blood serves only to wash the hands of ambition.

Albert Camus

Albert Camus

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The slave begins by demanding justice and ends up desiring royalty.

Miguel de Cervantes

Miguel de Cervantes

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Rarely or never is ambition fulfilled without harm to others.

Fénelon

Fénelon

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Ambition is more discontented with what it does not have than satisfied with what it has.

Ramón de Campoamor

Ramón de Campoamor

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The most legitimate and purest ambition to rise drags itself towards the heights.

Federico García Lorca

Federico García Lorca

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Whoever wants to scratch the moon, will scratch their heart.

Milan Kundera

Milan Kundera

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One who constantly wants to 'reach higher' must be prepared for the day when dizziness will overcome them.

Montesquieu

Montesquieu

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A man is not unhappy because of ambition, but because it devours him.