Ambition Sayings and Quotes

Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous old Ambition quotes, Ambition sayings, and Ambition proverbs, collected over the years from a variety of sources.


Ambition begets vexations.      -- Singhalese (on ambition)
Ambition destroys its possessor.      -- Hebrew (on ambition)
Ambition is a good servant but a bad master.      -- unknown
Go for it.      -- American (on ambition)
If you would get ahead, be a bridge.      -- Welsh (on ambition)
What one hopes for is always better than what one has.      -- Ethiopian (on faith)