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Quotes having the keyword Ambition
My own ambition in the ring had always been skillful boxing, speed and defense - on the order of Mike Gibbons.
by Gene Tunney (Athlete, American , born in 1897) keywords: always, ambition, been, boxing, defense, gibbons, had, mike, order, own, ring, skillful , speed Ambition has one heel nailed in well, though she stretch her fingers to touch the heavens.
by Lao Tzu (Philosopher) keywords: ambition, fingers, heavens, heel, her, nailed, she, stretch, though, touch , well I've never looked ahead very much in my life. I've never had any grand plan from the outset. I had no burning ambition to do what I do.
by Tracey Ullman (Comedian, British , born in 1959) keywords: ahead, ambition, any, burning, grand, had, life, looked, much, never, outset, plan , very The greatest evil which fortune can inflict on men is to endow them with small talents and great ambition.
by Marquis De Vauvenargues (born in 1715) keywords: ambition, endow, evil, fortune, great, greatest, inflict, men, small, talents, them , which Oh that I were seated as high as my ambition, I'd place my naked foot on the necks of monarchs.
by Horace Walpole (Author, English , born in 1717) keywords: ambition, foot, high, monarchs, naked, necks, oh, place, seated , were With just about every player in Australia, his whole goal and ambition is to play for Australia. That's why they're playing first class cricket. It's just a different attitude.
by Shane Warne (Athlete, Australian , born in 1969) keywords: ambition, attitude, australia, class, cricket, different, every, first, goal, his, just, play, player, playing, whole , why The bulk of mankind have indeed, in all countries in their turn, been made the prey of ambition.
by Mercy Otis Warren (Playwright, American , born in 1970) keywords: ambition, been, bulk, countries, indeed, made, mankind, prey, their , turn Whether we fall by ambition, blood, or lust, like diamonds we are cut with our own dust.
by John Webster (Playwright, English , born in 1578) keywords: ambition, blood, cut, diamonds, dust, fall, lust, our, own , whether All the miseries and evils which men suffer from vice, crime, ambition, injustice, oppression, slavery and war, proceed from their despising or neglecting the precepts contained in the Bible.
by Noah Webster (Writer, American , born in 1758) keywords: ambition, bible, contained, crime, evils, injustice, men, miseries, neglecting, oppression, precepts, proceed, slavery, suffer, their, vice, war , which Wisdom alone is true ambition's aim, wisdom is the source of virtue and of fame; obtained with labour, for mankind employed, and then, when most you share it, best enjoyed.
by Alfred North Whitehead (Mathematician, English , born in 1861) keywords: aim, alone, ambition, best, employed, enjoyed, fame, labour, mankind, most, obtained, share, source, then, true, virtue , wisdom Wisdom alone is true ambition's aim, wisdom the source of virtue, and of fame, obtained with labour, for mankind employed, and then, when most you share it, best enjoyed.
by William Whitehead (Poet, English , born in 1715) keywords: aim, alone, ambition, best, employed, enjoyed, fame, labour, mankind, most, obtained, share, source, then, true, virtue , wisdom 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.
by Oscar Wilde (Dramatist, Irish , born in 1970) keywords: ambition, each, kingdom, know, more, our, ourselves, progress, rule, should, true , us In the future, when we get serious about executing things correctly, this thing will be very easy to do. If we find out that this technique does not work, I don't intend to step on dead bodies to achieve something because I don't have that kind of ambition. My ambition is to help people.
by Panayiotis Zavos (Scientist, Greek , born in 1944) keywords: achieve, ambition, because, bodies, correctly, dead, does, easy, executing, find, future, get, help, intend, kind, out, serious, something, step, technique, thing, things, very, will , work
