All ambitions are lawful except those which climb upward upon the miseries and credulities of mankind.
Ambition Quotes
Nothing is so commonplace as to wish to be remarkable.
Ambition aspires to descend.
Nothing is too high for the daring of mortals: we storm heaven itself in our folly.
At the age of six I wanted to be a cook. At seven I wanted to be Napoleon. And my ambition has been growing steadily ever since.
Some folks can look so busy doing nothin’ that they seem indispensable.
Think not ambition wise because ’tis brave,
A wise man is cured of ambition by ambition itself; his aim is so exalted that riches, office, fortune and favor cannot satisfy him.
Ambition is like love, impatient both of delays and rivals.
It is, I believe, a very just observation that men’s ambition is, generally, proportioned to their capacity. Providence seldom sends any into the world with an inclination to attempt great things, who have not abilities, likewise, to perform them.
