Ambition is the germ from which all growth of nobleness proceeds. English, Thomas
Ambition is the last refuge of the failure. Wilde, Oscar
Ambition: The glorious frailty of the noble mind. Hoole
Ambition, idly vain; revenge and malice swell her tra Penrose
Ambition’s like a circle on the water, which never ceases to enlarge itself, ’till by broad spreading it disperse to nought. Shakespeare, William
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
