You don’t come to live here [New York City] unless the delusion of a reality shaped around your own desires isn’t a strong aspect of your personality. 'A reality shaped around your own desires' — there is something sociopathic in that ambition.

We need to steer clear of this poverty of ambition, where people want to drive fancy cars and wear nice clothes and live in nice apartments but don't want to work hard to accomplish these things. Everyone should try to realize their full potential.

In essence, the Thai people are not materialistic at all. They're not in the least driven by the kind of ambition that drives us. The more I got to know them, and the more time I spent with them, the more I understood that this was a totally legitimate attitude to life, and why not?

In the West, and among some in the Indian elite, this word, corruption, had purely negative connotations; it was seen as blocking India’s modern, global ambitions. But for the poor of a country where corruption thieved a great deal of opportunity, corruption was one of the genuine opportunities that remained.

“The drop in oil prices appears to be to be due to continued growth in domestic oil inventories. In addition, there is a realization that efforts to deal with Iran's nuclear ambitions may be protracted over many months and an industry belief that they are unlikely to suspend their oil shipments any time soon.”

“When BT entered the Japanese market in 1985, our ambition was to become a strong force in the world's second largest telecommunications market, which is worth about $100 billion a year. This deal will allow Japan Telecom to become the number one challenger in Japan.”

“If you trust the winner within you, you will win.If you can keep your courage, you will go so far.If you follow your ambitions, your course will guide you toward a ladder that you can climb to your stars.”

“In a certain reign there was a lady not of the first rank whom the emperor loved more than any of the others. The grand ladies with high ambitions thought her a presumptuous upstart, and lesser ladies were still more resentful. Everything she did offended someone.”

“I'm very familiar with the program and I know them all very well. They all have great ambition and they're all very motivated. Some of them are year-round swimmers, and that's definitely going to help things out quite a bit.”

Sometimes, it’s worth living the dreams, tasks, hopes or ambitions of the people you love, however unjustifiable or stupid they may sound. Sometimes, it’s worth completing what they stood up for. That is the best gift you can give to the people you love.