A life spent in constant labor is a life wasted, save a man be such a fool as to regard a fulsome obituary notice as ample reward.
Ambition Quotes
When that the poor have cried, Caesar hath wept: Ambition should be made of sterner stuff. (Julius Caesar)
He who surpasses or subdues mankind, must look down on the hate of those below.
There are two passions which have a powerful influence on the affairs of men. These are ambition and avarice.
A slave has but one master; an ambitious man has as many masters as there are people who may be useful in bettering his position.
The men who succeed are the efficient few. They are the few who have the ambition and will power to develop themselves.
Don’t be afraid to take a big step. You can’t cross a chasm in two small jumps.
Ambition is but avarice on stilts, and masked.
If you aspire to the highest place, it is no disgrace to stop at the second, or even the third, place.
Nothing arouses ambition so much in the heart as the trumpet-clang of another’s fame.
