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Though ambition in itself is a vice, it often is also the parent of virtue.
An ambition to excel in petty things obstructs the progress to nobler aims.
It's an ugly thing to see ambition and to see people satisfying themselves.
I knew a transsexual guy whose only ambition is to eat, drink, and be Mary.
Anyone can be an entrepreneur. All it takes is a little drive and ambition.
Though ambition in itself is a vice, yet it is often the parent of virtues.
Afghanistan is the most daring and ambition mission in the history of NATO.
Ambition without principle never was long under the guidance of good sense.
It is easy to get to the top after you get through the crowd at the bottom.
I've always affirmed, nobody's ambition is worth the blood of any Nigerian.
Don't let ambition get so far ahead that it loses sight of the job at hand.
Our own grandchildren may demonstrate that-sometimes- Gigantic is Beautiful.
The more medals I win, the more my ambitions and confidence levels increase.
The ambition and focus that propel you to success can also be your downfall.
When I pitched headforemost into the world I landed in the crib of Negroism.
Those people who are uncomfortable in themselves are disagreeable to others.
It's impossible for five people to have the exact same ambitions all around.
Though ambition may be a fault in itself, it is often the mother of virtues.
I think ambition can be having something that you're good at and love to do.
There are two types of mistakes: mistakes of ambition and mistakes of sloth.
I want to be famous. That's my ambition, and there is nothing wrong with it.
As a youngster, I enjoyed sport and my ambition was to be a great sportsman.
Ambition breaks the ties of blood, and forgets the obligations of gratitude.
As long as I have a want, I have a reason for living. Satisfaction is death.
Ambition thinks no face so beautiful as that which looks from under a crown.
It's okay to have personal ambitions, but you have to take someone with you.
I never underestimated myself. And I never saw anything wrong with ambition.
I was just pursuing what I enjoyed doing. I mean, I was pursuing my passion.
When once ambition has passed its natural limits, its progress is boundless.
Just being a mediocre driver has never been my ambition. That's not my style.
It's been my ambition for about 30 years to do a full- length animation film.
Everyone is ambition. The question is whether he is ambitious to be or to do.
I didn't have any ambition to be president. It was fate. The people found me.
Presidential ambition is a disease that can only be cured by embalming fluid.
I should have been smart enough to stay happy. But my ambition ruled my life.
I'm living in the present. I have no ambition. It's true. But I want to live.
I never had the ambition to be something. I had the ambition to do something.
Though ambition itself be a vice, yet it is often times the cause of virtues.
I have the desire to work as an actress, but I have no ambition to be a star.
What is your greatest ambition in life?' 'To become immortal... and then die.
The game of keeping what one has is never so exciting as the game of getting.
I admire the ambition of the project, and the generosity of many of the lines.
I instantly chucked my academic ambitions and began writing fiction full-time.
Every man has his secret desire, I suppose, and mine is someday to own a farm.
The same ambition can destroy or save, and make a patriot as it makes a knave.
Never be too absorbed by your own ambitions to encourage those of your family.
Ambitious princes value inherited kingdoms not so much as conquered provinces.
Ambition is sneered at by some bands. It seems like a pretty good thing to me.
If we deny our anger, our pain, our ambition, or our goodness, we will suffer.
Only ambition is fired by the coincidences of success and easy accomplishment.