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    But what will not ambition and revenge
    Descend to? who aspires must down as low
    As high he soar'd, obnoxious first and last
    To basest things.

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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.

by Oliver Goldsmith Found in: Ambition Quotes,
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The men who succeed are the efficient few. They are the few who have the ambition and will power to read more

The men who succeed are the efficient few. They are the few who have the ambition and will power to develop themselves.

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Such joy ambition finds.

Such joy ambition finds.

by John Milton Found in: Ambition Quotes,
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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.

by Bill Bradley Found in: Ambition Quotes,
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A man's worth is no greater than his ambitions.

A man's worth is no greater than his ambitions.

by Unknown Found in: Ambition Quotes,
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Like dogs in a wheel, birds in a cage, or squirrels in a chain, ambitious men still climb and climb, read more

Like dogs in a wheel, birds in a cage, or squirrels in a chain, ambitious men still climb and climb, with great labor, and incessant anxiety, but never reach the top.

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Ambition is an idol, on whose wings great minds are carried only to extreme; to be sublimely great or to read more

Ambition is an idol, on whose wings great minds are carried only to extreme; to be sublimely great or to be nothing.

by Robert Southey Found in: Ambition Quotes,
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I strike the stars with by sublime head.
[Lat., Sublimi feriam sidera vertice.]

I strike the stars with by sublime head.
[Lat., Sublimi feriam sidera vertice.]

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What I aspired to be and was not, comforts me.

What I aspired to be and was not, comforts me.

by Robert Browning Found in: Ambition Quotes,
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