“Here we may reign secure, and in my choice To reign is worth ambition though in hell: Better to reign in hell than serve in heaven”

“To do something, however small, to make others happier and better, is the highest ambition, the most elevating hope, which can inspire a human being”

“I used to think I had ambition... but now I'm not so sure. It may have been only discontent. They're easily confused.”

“Five enemies of peace inhabit with us / avarice, ambition, envy, anger, and pride; if these were to be banished, we should infallibly enjoy perpetual peace.”

Surround yourself with positive people who believe in your dreams, encourage your ideas, support your ambitions, and bring out the best in you.

The others in the dorm thought I wanted to be a writer, because I was always alone with a book, but I had no such ambition. ”― Haruki Murakami, Norwegian Wood

The drive, the ambition, the art; it all comes to me when I close my eyes and think about the sacrifices my Mom made for me.

I am a storyteller, not a historian, and it's my ambition to create something compelling - something unputdownable and riveting - that chimes with the real history but is, in fact, fiction.

One thing that makes your confidence echoe over negativity is your patience, understanding, ambitions and trust me it makes your accomplishments astonishing

The perfection of wisdom, and the end of true philosophy is to proportion our wants to our possessions, our ambitions to our capacities, we will then be a happy and a virtuous people.