Hosea Ballou Quotes

Though ambition itself be a vice, yet it is often times the cause of virtues.

Ambition is a vice, but it may be the father of virtue.

Ambition is not a vice of little people.

… ambition is not a vice but in a vicious mind: in a virtuous mind it is a virtue, and will be found to take its color from the character in which it is mixed. Ambition is a desire of superiority; and a man may become superior, either by making others less or himself greater.

Even though I am extremely blessed to have accomplished many of my goals at such a young age, I am still reaching, still striving.

I've got so many mountains to climb and goals to conquer. I've got so many scars I want to leave on the planet. I just feel like I'm not there yet. I feel like I am just getting started.

I'm ambitious in a good way. I've never wanted to settle as long as I've thought there's more.

Great ambition is the passion of a great character.

A man's worth is no greater than his ambitions.

Ambition is not in itself an evil; nor is he to be condemned whose spirit prompts him to seek fame by worthy and honourable ways.

I've been in a hurry all my life. I've been in a hurry to succeed, and in a hurry to prove myself.

In Britain, it's almost as if we're ashamed of having ambition and drive.

I'm never satisfied. I always want to achieve more.

Goals determine what you're going to be.

I think you should always aim for more.

Ambition is sneered at by some bands. It seems like a pretty good thing to me.

Am I ambitious? I used to be afraid of that word but now I think ambition is a good thing.

I like to see a driven kid: somebody who wants to come from the ground up. I love to see somebody who wants to be the best they can be.

The men who succeed are the efficient few. They are the few who have the ambition and will power to develop themselves.

I'm one of those people who always tries to overachieve. I want to do more. I want to do bigger things.

I think that there are always goals for me to try to achieve, and I'm going to work toward those goals.

I'm extremely ambitious. I don't know why people are afraid to say that. I won't sell my soul to the devil, but I do want success and I don't think that's bad.

I am very driven by fame and success; I like to succeed at everything I do.

Man cannot aspire if he looked down; if he rise, he must look up.

Ambition is the germ from which all growth of nobleness proceeds.