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 No steps backward.
 [Lat., Vestigia nulla retrorsum.]  
 No steps backward.
 [Lat., Vestigia nulla retrorsum.] 
Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make read more
Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.
 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. 
 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. 
By low ambition and the thirst of praise.
By low ambition and the thirst of praise.
Nature that framed us of four elements, warring within our breasts for regiment, doth teach us all to have aspiring read more
Nature that framed us of four elements, warring within our breasts for regiment, doth teach us all to have aspiring minds.
Very few people are ambitious in the sense of having a specific image of what they want to achieve. Most read more
Very few people are ambitious in the sense of having a specific image of what they want to achieve. Most people's sights are only toward the next run, the next increment of money.
Aim at the sun and you may not reach it; but your arrow will fly far higher than if you read more
Aim at the sun and you may not reach it; but your arrow will fly far higher than if you had aimed at an object on a level with yourself.