Ambition is the germ from which all growth of nobleness proceeds. English, Thomas
Ambition is the last refuge of the failure. Wilde, Oscar
Ambition’s like a circle on the water, which never ceases to enlarge itself, ’till by broad spreading it disperse to nought. Shakespeare, William
Ambition: The glorious frailty of the noble mind. Hoole
Ambition, idly vain; revenge and malice swell her tra Penrose
Be always displeased at what thou art, if thou desire to attain to what thou art not; for where thou hast pleased thyself, there thou abidest. Quarles
Dreams, indeed, are ambition; for the very substance of the ambitious is merely the shadow of a dream. And I hold ambition of so airy and light a quality that it is but a shadow’s shad Shakespeare, William
Just as there are three R’s there are also three A’s of business life. They are: Ability, Ambition, and Attitude. Ability establishes what a worker does and will bring him a paycheck. Ambition determines how much he does and will get him a raise. Attitude guarantees how well he does. Sheer, Wilbert E
Like dogs in a wheel, birds in a cage, or squirrels in a chain, ambitious men still climb and climb, with great labor, and incessant anxiety, but never reach the top. Burton, Robert
Nothing arouses ambition so much in the heart as the trumpet-clang of another’s fame. Gracian, Baltasar
O cursed ambition, thou devouring bird, how dost thou from the field of honesty pick every grain of profit or delight, and mock the reaper’s toil! Harvard
