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On what strange stuff Ambition feeds!
On what strange stuff Ambition feeds!
Ambition should be made of sterner stuff.rn
Ambition should be made of sterner stuff.rn
 No steps backward.
 [Lat., Vestigia nulla retrorsum.]  
 No steps backward.
 [Lat., Vestigia nulla retrorsum.] 
Where there are large powers with little ambition... nature may be said to have fallen short of her purposes.
Where there are large powers with little ambition... nature may be said to have fallen short of her purposes.
The very substance of the ambitious is merely the shadow of a dream.
The very substance of the ambitious is merely the shadow of a dream.
Ambition has no rest!
Ambition has no rest!
A slave has but one master. An ambitious man has as many as there are people who helped him get read more
A slave has but one master. An ambitious man has as many as there are people who helped him get his fortune.
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.
 Most people would succeed in small things if they were not 
troubled with great ambitions.  
 Most people would succeed in small things if they were not 
troubled with great ambitions.