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- Motivational Quotes About Ambition
- Ambition Printable Wall Art
- Funny Ambition Sayings & Captions
- Ambition Quotes About Goals & Dreams
- Powerful Life Sayings To Inspire Ambition
- Success Quotes About Being Ambitious
- Ambitious Mindset & Perspective Quotes
- Short Ambition Quotes
Motivational Quotes About Ambition

1. “Those who are crazy enough to think they can change the world usually do.” – Steve Jobs

2. “Without ambition one starts nothing. Without work one finishes nothing. The prize will not be sent to you. You have to win it.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

3. “Our ambition should be to rule ourselves, the true kingdom for each one of us; and true progress is to know more, and be more, and to do more.” – Oscar Wilde

4. “If the fire in your heart is strong enough, it will burn away any obstacles that come your way.” – Suzy Kassem

5. “When once ambition has passed its natural limits, its progress is boundless.” – Seneca the Younger

6. “When your ambition is greater than your fear, your life will get bigger than your dream.” – Farshad Asl

7. “Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved.” – Helen Keller

8. “You have the patience, the strength, and the passion to achieve your ambitions, your goals, and your dreams. All you have to do now is try.” – Unknown

9. “Motivation is crap. Motivation comes and goes. When you’re driven, whatever is in front of you will get destroyed.” – David Goggins
Ambition Printable Wall Art

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Funny Ambition Sayings & Captions

10. “My ambition is handicapped by laziness.” – Charles Bukowski

11. “At the age of six I wanted to be a cook. At seven I wanted to be Napoleon. And my ambition has been growing steadily ever since.” – Salvador Dali

12. “I’m tough, I’m ambitious, and I know exactly what I want. If that makes me a bitch, okay.” – Madonna
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13. “It doesn’t matter how great your shoes are if you don’t accomplish anything in them.” – Martina Boone

14. “Stupidity and human incompetence are the great evils, not ambition and glory.” – Robert Greene
Ambition Quotes About Goals & Dreams

15. “Don’t be afraid to be ambitious about your goals. Hard work never stops. Neither should your dreams.” – Dwayne Johnson

16. “Most people would succeed in small things if they were not troubled with great ambitions.” – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

17. “Comfort kills ambition. Get uncomfortable and get used to it in your pursuit of your goals and dreams.” – Robert Kiyosaki
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18. “We cannot do everything at once, but we can do something at once.” – Calvin Coolidge

19. “Ambition is not what a man would do, but what a man does, for ambition without action is fantasy.” – Bryant H. McGill

20. “Never let inexperience get in the way of ambition.” – Terry Josephson

21. “Ambition is more than mere desire. It is desire plus incentive – determination – will to achieve the desire.” – Herbert Armstrong
Powerful Life Sayings To Inspire Ambition

22. “The desire to reach for the stars is ambitious. The desire to reach hearts is wise.” – Maya Angelou

23. “When it comes to fighting for your dreams, be a dragon. Breathe fire.” – Richelle E. Goodrich

24. “Persistence. Perfection. Patience. Power. Prioritize your passion. It keeps you sane.” – Criss Jami
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25. “There is hope in dreams, imagination, and in the courage of those who wish to make those dreams a reality.” – Jonas Salk
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26. “Follow your star, it’s never too late, even if it doesn’t quite happen as you expect.” – Jemima Pett

27. “Surround yourself with positive people who believe in your dreams, encourage your ideas, support your ambitions, and bring out the best in you.” – Roy T. Bennett

28. “A young man without ambition is an old man waiting to be.” – Steven Brust

29. “The universe is not required to be in perfect harmony with human ambition.” – Carl Sagan
Success Quotes About Being Ambitious

30. “A man’s worth is no greater than the worth of his ambitions.” – Marcus Aurelius

31. “There is one weakness in people for which there is no remedy. It is the universal weakness of lack of ambition” – Napoleon Hill

32. “Failure is only postponed success as long as courage ‘coaches’ ambition. The habit of persistence is the habit of victory.” – Herbert Kaufman

33. “The struggles we endure today will be the ‘good old days’ we laugh about tomorrow.” – Aaron Lauritsen

34. “Ambition is the epicenter of perseverance through which accomplishments spell success.” – Byron Pulsifer

35. “Great ambition is the passion of a great character. Those endowed with it may perform very good or very bad acts. All depends on the principles which direct them.” – Napoleon Bonaparte

36. “It is a grand thing to rise in the world. The ambition to do so is the very salt of the earth. It is the parent of all enterprise, and the cause of all improvement.” – Anthony Trollope
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37. “Focusing your life solely on making a buck shows a certain poverty of ambition. It asks too little of yourself. Because it’s only when you hitch your wagon to something larger than yourself that you realize your true potential.” – Barack Obama
Ambitious Mindset & Perspective Quotes

38. “Motivation and ambition either come from fear or love, it’s up to you to choose.” – Kevin Kerr

39. “People with ambition don’t give a damn what other people think of them.” – Diane Setterfield

40. “Everybody comes to a point in their life when they want to quit. But it’s what you do at that moment that determines who you are.” – David Goggins

41. “Keep away from those who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you believe that you too can become great.” – Mark Twain
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42. “Life shrinks or expands according to one’s courage.” – Anais Nin

43. “Some people think ‘ambition’ is a dirty word. I’m here to tell you healthy ambition is a gorgeous sight to behold.” – Michelle Kinsman

44. “If a man does not work passionately – even furiously – at being the best in the world at what he does, he fails his talent, his destiny, and his God.” – George Lois

45. “Be a warrior when it comes to delivering on your ambitions. And a saint when it comes to treating people with respect, modeling generosity, and showing up with outright love.” – Robin S. Sharma
Short Ambition Quotes

46. “Ambition is more important than ability.” – P.S. Scott

47. “Time is the only critic without ambition.” – John Steinbeck

48. “Ambition is the path to success. Persistence is the vehicle you arrive in.” – Bill Bradley
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49. “Ambition is enthusiasm with purpose.” – Frank Tyger

50. “Just be yourself, hold true to yourself, your dreams and ambitions.” – Patrick Rahn

51. “Ambition beats genius 99 percent of the time.” – Jay Leno

52. “Intelligence without ambition is a bird without wings.” – Salvador Dali

53. “Ambition is the last refuge of the failure.” – Oscar Wilde
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