It is the nature of ambition to make men liars and cheats, to hide the truth in their breasts, and show, like jugglers, another thing in their mouths, to cut all friendships and enmities to the measure of their own interest, and to make a good countenance without the help of good will.
Ambition Quotes
Better to light one candle than to curse the darkness.
No bird soars too high if he soars with his own wings.
The tragedy is that so many have ambition and so few have ability.
When you go in search of honey you must expect to be stung by bees.
Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you’ll land among the stars.
To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe.
One can never consent to creep when one feels an impulse to soar.
Ah, but a man’s reach should exceed his grasp, Or what’s a heaven for?
Ambition has its disappointments to sour us, but never the good fortune to satisfy us. Its appetite grows keener by indulgence and all we can gratify it with at present serves but the more to inflame its insatiable desires.
