Ambition Quotes

“She was allowed to want more for herself. And even if she wasn't, she would find a way to get it.”
― Leigh Bardugo, The Familiar

“There was something quite beautiful about finding such a profound connection with an absolute stranger. In a city as densely populated as New York, the ratio of oddballs and jerks often seems to outnumber the sane ones. But tonight, I had found that rare gem.”
― Justine Castellon, Gnight, Sara / 'Night, Heck

“You're young, and that means you have the privilege to make mistakes. That's the beauty of youth. And you have all the time in the world to correct them. You'll never know if something will work unless you take the risk. Give it a shot”
― Mike Dee, Gnight, Sara / 'Night, Heck

“Life had become a constant battle against the ordinary, a struggle to keep the flame of creativity alive amidst the downpour of routine.”
― Justine Castellon, Gnight, Sara / 'Night, Heck

“Life, I realized, was not a meticulously edited movie. It was a tapestry of scenes, each more real and raw than the last, stitched together in a pattern that often made sense only in retrospect. Each day was a snapshot, a moment frozen in time.”
― Justine Castellon

“Surprise is the greatest gift which life can grant us.”
― Boris Pasternak

“She hadn't signed on for this. She craved action. She wanted hard deadlines.”
― Duncan Ralston, How to Kill a Celebrity: a Novella

“But growing to be a man and having his full strength and using that strength, travelling away from Alger and seeing all the countries in the world, all the cities, all the seas, and new things and new people, and other men and other women's and living and loving, and being more powerful than those other men - and getting further than them and further than anyone, not a Rabbin in a Temple, but he himself - he - Julius Lévy - was not that beautiful too?”
― Daphne du Maurier, Julius

“Burn my friend, burn,
Burn so bright that
the sun gets fried!”
― Abhijit Naskar, Dervis Vadisi: 100 Promissory Sonnets

“Burn so bright that the sun gets fried!”
― Abhijit Naskar, Dervis Vadisi: 100 Promissory Sonnets

“Ambition! A simple word, yet so many multi-prognostics! At the outset, it arouses an array of positive emotions; zeal, success, energy, rise, achievement, forward, bright, shining, higher, respect etc. But there is another side too; defeat, listless, failure, slump, disgrace…and such.”
― Vinod Pande, Minister’s Mistress - Not only the sins come calling

“je jette la nature humaine à pile ou face sur la tombe d’Alexandre ; dans deux jours les hommes comparaîtront devant le tribunal de ma volonté”
― Alfred de Musset, Lorenzaccio

“Raven wondered how many enduring misapprehensions in medicine (and other fields, for that matter) were down to ambition and the desire to be vindicated. How many proud men had only sought out the evidence in support of their own hypotheses and eschewed that which might inconveniently put their ideas to the test?
The world needed fewer such proud men, or perhaps it merely required more women like Sarah. An increase in the latter would guarantee a reduction in the former.”
― Ambrose Parry, The Art of Dying

“I needed action, not words”
― Duncan Ralston, Where the Monsters Live

“Sweet dreams are made of sweat-n-dare. Sweat makes it sweet, dare brings it true.”
― Abhijit Naskar, World War Human: 100 New Earthling Sonnets

“Surround yourself with people who add sparkle to your dreary days, who turn ordinary moments into fits of laughter, and who bring joy just by being there. Life's too short to spend with dull companions who drain the happiness from every room. So, gather your tribe of joy builders—the ones who lift you up, cheer you on, and remind you that life's an adventure to be enjoyed with a smile and a skip in your step.”
― Life is Positive

“Anne's Will by Stewart Stafford

Young Shakespeare set off to London town,
To quill and ink his masterpiece plays,
Still, Anne Hathaway grew anxious;
Marriage and family rent twain ways.

He vowed to send back funds to them,
With a fledgling kiss, Will was gone,
Tearful goodbyes of wife and daughters,
Stratford shrank, cartwheels spun.

The distance honeyed homesickness,
The farther from hearth Will roamed,
The capital's theatres awaited him;
Words etched in stone in folio tome.

The absentee bard kept his word true;
Admirably providing for kin well,
Through a bitter, lonely aftertaste,
With only one truism to tell:

"For, aye, where'er there was a Will,
Truly, good Anne always hath a way."

© Stewart Stafford, 2024. All rights reserved.”
― Stewart Stafford

“Det finns inget större misslyckande än en framgång som förstör din mänsklighet.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Världsviking: Gudomlig Poesi

“The naive ambition when unexpressed,
is like a confession regressed,
of a Failure in 'Failure Thwarting'
awaiting success to come out of waiting,
until, the proactive responses are Blessed!”
― Priyavrat Thareja

“The naive ambition when unexpressed,
is like a confession regressed,
as of a Failure in 'Failure Thwarting'
awaiting success to come out of waiting,
until the proactive responses are Blessed!”
― Priyavrat Thareja

“Dare past time with your dream defiant, fabric of reality will unfold through you.”
― Abhijit Naskar, World War Human: 100 New Earthling Sonnets

“When ambition meets action, dreams become reality.”
― Hockson Floin

“The vishnu granthi, in the anahata chakra, represents attachment to action, ambition and passion. For this to open, you need to practise forgiveness. It is especially important that you are able to forgive yourself.”
― Swami Saradananda, The Essential Guide to Chakras: Discover the Healing Power of Chakras for Mind, Body and Spirit

“Calling ambitions 'dreams' is just an excuse for giving up before you even start.”
― Nitzan Hamburg

“Don't - just don't! If you let it, the world'll coerce you into believing, you're worth no more than the content of your pocket.”
― Abhijit Naskar, World War Human: 100 New Earthling Sonnets

“Chasing the sun may burn you, but standing in the shadows will freeze your soul.”
― Shivanshu K. Srivastava

“Brain, Heart and Empty Pocket
(Hopeless Sonnet)

Hope is rather important to me, so much so,
I even named a title Esperanza Impossible.
But my hope is not that of wishful inaction,
my hope is a furnace of valiance untamable.

It's more important to be the hope and help,
than have the hope that help is on the way.
No one is too helpless to lift themselves,
all you need is a purpose to define your way.

If this son of a factory worker could conquer
the world with brain, heart and empty pocket,
why do you succumb to fictitious despair,
the greatest hopes are always hopeless!

Rise, revolt and be the hope,
take no defeat as your destiny.
Till your world bathes in your light,
be the hopeless warrior of incorruptibility.”
― Abhijit Naskar, The Divine Refugee

“Rise, revolt and be the hope,
take no defeat as your destiny.
Till your world bathes in your light,
be the hopeless warrior of incorruptibility.”
― Abhijit Naskar, The Divine Refugee

“If this son of a factory worker could conquer
the world with brain, heart and empty pocket,
why do you succumb to fictitious despair,
the greatest hopes are always hopeless!”
― Abhijit Naskar, The Divine Refugee

“The greatest hopes are always hopeless.”
― Abhijit Naskar, The Divine Refugee