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To be ambitious of true honor, of the true glory and perfection of our natures, is the very principle and read more
To be ambitious of true honor, of the true glory and perfection of our natures, is the very principle and incentive of virtue.
The noblest spirit is most strongly attracted by the love of glory.
The noblest spirit is most strongly attracted by the love of glory.
If thy heart fails thee, climb not at all.
If thy heart fails thee, climb not at all.
Ambition is a lust that is never quenched, but grows more inflamed and madder by enjoyment.
Ambition is a lust that is never quenched, but grows more inflamed and madder by enjoyment.
Ambition is the path to success. Persistence is the vehicle you arrive in.
Ambition is the path to success. Persistence is the vehicle you arrive in.
On the summit see,
The seals of office glitter in his eyes;
He climbs, he pants, he read more
On the summit see,
The seals of office glitter in his eyes;
He climbs, he pants, he grasps them! At his heels,
Close at his heels, a demagogue ascends,
And with a dexterous jerk soon twists him down,
And wins them, but to lose them in his turn.
I see, but cannot reach, the height
That lies forever in the light.
I see, but cannot reach, the height
That lies forever in the light.
A noble man compares and estimates himself by an idea which is higher than himself; and a mean man, by read more
A noble man compares and estimates himself by an idea which is higher than himself; and a mean man, by one lower than himself. The one produces aspiration; the other ambition, which is the way in which a vulgar man aspires.
