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Ambition should be made of sterner stuff.
Ambition should be made of sterner stuff.
Ambition can creep as well as soar.
Ambition can creep as well as soar.
By low ambition and the thirst of praise.
By low ambition and the thirst of praise.
Women who seek to be equal with men lack ambition.
Women who seek to be equal with men lack ambition.
But wild Ambition loves to slide, not stand,
And Fortune's ice prefers to Virtue's land.
But wild Ambition loves to slide, not stand,
And Fortune's ice prefers to Virtue's land.
It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where read more
It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again; because there is not effort without error and shortcomings; but who does actually strive to do the deed; who knows the great enthusiasm, the great devotion, who spends himself in a worthy cause, who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement and who at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly. So that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat.
Ambition is so powerful a passion in the human breast, that however high we reach we are never satisfied.
Ambition is so powerful a passion in the human breast, that however high we reach we are never satisfied.
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.
The noblest spirit is most strongly attracted by the love of glory.
The noblest spirit is most strongly attracted by the love of glory.
