Good morning and happy Wisdom Wednesday. We are getting closer to summer with each week that passes. The flowers here are starting to bloom and my little vegetable garden is starting to sprout. I had attempted to plant a vegetable garden in the past with no success. I either planted the seeds at the wrong time, did not water as frequently as I should have or used the wrong soil. This year I decided to attempt to plant a pot garden of tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers, spinach, carrots, and a few herbs. After a long few weeks, the seeds are starting to sprout, and I am excited to see them mature. I do have to admit, it has really required patience and ambition to get this vegetable garden going. I think it will require even more to keep it alive.
Ambition is a strong desire or drive to reach success or achievement. Not everyone has the same amount or level of ambition. There are a lot of reasons why having a healthy dose of ambition is important in our lives. This is due in part to there being different times and circumstances where we require a great deal of ambition. We need it in our careers, our families, and for ourselves. Accomplishing our goals and dreams is one of the greatest things we can do with our lives. It could be a goal to run a marathon or to have a poem you’ve written published. Nevertheless of what we want to do for ourselves, we need to be ambitious to achieve it.
Being ambitious is important because most things in life are not just handed to us. When we desire something extraordinary out of our lives, we must be willing to work hard to reach it. Additionally ambition is needed during the trials and tribulations we all face in life. Maintaining and ambitious attitude during difficult times will guide us to get ourselves out of them and to find contentment and victory. We must have ambition in our lives to have determination to see the importance of our dreams and goals. It also helps us understand that what we get and make out of our lives is entirely up to us. Having a healthy dose of ambition will help us realize all of our goals and dreams.
Furthermore, having an ambitious spirit, more things will appear possible. We no longer look at our dreams and aspirations as mere daydreams. This is why ambition is important. Ambition allows us to be motivated and strengthened to make our goals a reality. This could be a desire to lose weight, a dream to secure a better job or even the motivation to start your own business. Having a little bit of ambition can positively change our lives.
10 Wisdom Wednesday Quotes: Ambition
“Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved”—Helen Keller
“A garden requires patient labor and attention. Plants do not grow merely to satisfy ambitions or to fulfill good intentions. They thrive because someone expended effort on them”—Liberty Hyde Bailey
“Intelligence without ambition is a bird without wings”—Salvador Dali
“When you’re in your 20s, your 30s, even, you have – at least, I had – vast ambitions, and you sit around mooning about these things, and you’re depressed, because you haven’t done them. And it takes you a long time to come to the realization that if you can’t be John Updike, well, then, you can’t”—Garrison Keillor
“Great ambition is the passion of a great character. Those endowed with it may perform very good or very bad acts. All depends on the principles which direct them”—Napoleon Bonaparte
“Don’t let ambition get so far ahead that it loses sight of the job at hand”—William Feather
“A man’s worth is no greater than the worth of his ambitions”—Marcus Aurelius
“Though ambition in itself is a vice, yet it is often the parent of virtues”—Quintilian
“Time is the only critic without ambition”—John Steinbeck
“Big results require big ambitions”—Heraclitus
20 responses to “Wisdom Wednesday: Ambition”
I definitely agree with “Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved”—Helen Keller. Ambition can be a good or a bad thing–but that is my opinion.
Great post, and I love these quotes! Especially the William Feather one :)
I truly believe, to get by in life, you need the right amount of ambition, passion, and determination. Being stubborn also helps because then you’re not likely to give up too quickly… though that could also work against you, too.
Some awesome quotes and yes ambition is so important! I think so many today have dreams but don’t have the ambition or work ethic to really go for it, to work for it, fight for it. Thank you for sharing this!
I know plenty of people who don’t have ambition, but have skill sets that would thrive if they did.
I love reading quotes that really make me think – and the one from William Feather I think was my favourite. I truly agree with it – blind ambition is often fruitless. Ambition for the sake of it is just pointless. I loved this post!
I love the quotes – I think I have some of them pinned actually for those rainy days when I’m lacking ambition :)
I have bipolar disorder and I tip more towards the depressive pole. Lacking ambition/motivation is a big challenge when you’re struggling. It can impact many things from big to small like washing your hair. I like quotes like these – little pushes and reminders to keep going forward. Thank you for this post :)
I hope that your vegetable garden flourishes this year! We are getting snow flurries today!! EEKS!!
I love the quotes. It can be hard at times to remember why we are doing something in the middle of the hurdles. Thankfully ambition doesn’t give up.
I think ambition drives a person. Gets one motivated too!
I’m a quote lover through and through and these are all so beautiful and inspirational. My favorite thing to do is pin up positive and pretty quotes on my desk at work and at home. Keeping spirits up is important!
I love this! You are right to get bigger you have to be willing to do more. I have to remind myself this everyday.
So important to be ambitious. I love all the quotes at the end.
“Intelligence without ambition is a bird without wings”—Salvador Dali
This is so true. I have seen so many intelligent people without the ambition to thrive and succeed. They never got to fly. They remained stagnant and content with the place they were in. I have seen others that weren’t as intelligent but they were ambitious and they soared higher than an Eagle. You must have ambition.
Love these. My favorite is the one about not letting ambition get too far ahead of you. I need to print that one for my oldest son.
Having ambition is an integral part of achieving long-term success. It’s so important to stay motivated.
I have always loved Garrison Keillor. He is such a funny guy.
You are so right not everyone has the same level of ambition. I think most people’s ambition are drive by their ability to dream. If you think it’s possible your ambition will be high. But if you struggle with your dream being able to happen you will waiver in the ambition department. It’s hard to manifest in the dark. That’s why it’s always good to have a mentor or an example that it is possible.
I wholeheartedly agree with this post! Ambition drives us. It fuels us to achieve our aspiration and dreams. It needs both ambition and hard work to ensure our effort come into fruition. Thank you for the inspirational post.
I’ve got tons of ambition now. I’ve always had it but it’s so much more focused in my 40s. Wish I’d have been more focused in my youth.
“A man’s worth is no greater than the worth of his ambitions”—Marcus Aurelius
This is such a profound quote. I needed to read this today. So inspiring.