Ambition Quotes

1. All men's gains are the fruit of venturing. – Herodotus

2. The greatest oak was once a little nut who held its ground. - Unknown

3. The ambitious climbs up high and perilous stairs, and never cares how to come down; the desire of rising hath swallowed up his fear of the fall. - Thomas Adams

4. Ambition often puts men upon doing the meanest offices: so climbing is performed in the same posture with creeping. - Jonathan Swift

5. Lord, grant that I may always desire more than I can accomplish. - Michelangelo

6. Ambition and love are the wings of great actions. - Goethe

7. A man’s worth is no greater than the worth of his ambition. - Marcus Aurelius

8. As long as you're going to think anyway, think big. - Donald Trump

9. Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great. - Mark Twain

10. Why should you be content with so little? Why shouldn't you reach out for something big? - Charles L. Allen

11. Big results require big ambitions. - James Champy

12. Intelligence without ambition is a bird without wings. - C. Archie Danielson

13. Keep your feet on the ground, but let your heart soar as high as it will. - A. W. Tozer

14. To feel ambition and to act upon it is to embrace the unique calling of our souls. - Steven Pressfield

15. There is a loftier ambition than merely to stand high in the world. It is to stoop down and lift mankind a little higher. - Henry Van Dyke

16. 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

17. When you reach for the stars, you may not quite get one, but you won't come up with a handful of mud, either. - Leo Burnett

18. Life is a petty thing unless it is moved by the indomitable urge to extend its boundaries. - Jose Ortega y Gasset