"Many are ambitious of saying grand things, that is, of being grandiloquent."

-- Augustus Hare

#Ambitious Quotes

“My friends love to tease me about the fact that I won't be able to drive until I'm a sophomore in college.”
“V-Day...if you need this one day in a year to show everyone else you truly care for "your loved one" I think it's quite stupid. I hate this commercialism. It's all artificial, and has nothing to do with real love.”
“I was constantly being around artists and Bohemian types.”
“Rhetoric in serious discourses is like the flowers in corn; pleasing to those who come only for amusement, but prejudicial to him who would reap profit from it.”
“Failure is the key to success; each mistake teaches us something.”

Source : Morihei Ueshiba, John Stevens (2010). “The Art of Peace”, p.133, Shambhala Publications
“They change their sky, not their mind, who cross the sea. A busy idleness possesses us: we seek a happy life, with ships and carriages: the object of our search is present with us.”
“But a part of me lies buried in lace and roses on a riverbank in France-a part of me is broken off forever. A part of me will be unflyable, stuck in the climb.”

Source : Elizabeth Wein (2012). “Code Name Verity”, p.295, Egmont UK
“What is the disposition which makes men rejoice in good bargains? There are few people who will not be benefited by pondering over the morals of shopping.”

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