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They please, are pleas'd, they give to get esteem
Till, seeming blest, they grow to what they seem.
They please, are pleas'd, they give to get esteem
Till, seeming blest, they grow to what they seem.
Ambition often puts men upon doing the meanest offices; so climbing is performed in the same position with creeping.
Ambition often puts men upon doing the meanest offices; so climbing is performed in the same position with creeping.
Ambition is like love, impatient both of delays and rivals.
Ambition is like love, impatient both of delays and rivals.
Be nice to people on your way up because you might meet 'em on
your way down.
Be nice to people on your way up because you might meet 'em on
your way down.
For all may have,
If they dare to try, a glorious life, or grave.
For all may have,
If they dare to try, a glorious life, or grave.
Ambition should be made of sterner stuff.
Ambition should be made of sterner stuff.
First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do.
First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do.
I had ambition not only to go farther than any man had ever been before, but as far as it read more
I had ambition not only to go farther than any man had ever been before, but as far as it was possible for a man to go.
