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We grow small trying to be great.
We grow small trying to be great.
The man who seeks one thing in life, and but one,
May hope to achieve it before life be read more
The man who seeks one thing in life, and but one,
May hope to achieve it before life be done;
But he who seeks all things, wherever he goes,
Only reaps from the hopes which around him he sows
A harvest of barren regrets.
Women who seek to be equal with men lack ambition.
Women who seek to be equal with men lack ambition.
Nothing is too high for the daring of mortals: we would storm
heaven itself in our folly.
[Lat., read more
Nothing is too high for the daring of mortals: we would storm
heaven itself in our folly.
[Lat., Nil mortalibus arduum est:
Coelum ipsum petimus stultitia.]
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.
Ambition is the germ from which all growth of nobleness proceeds.
Ambition is the germ from which all growth of nobleness proceeds.
If thy heart fails thee, climb not at all.
If thy heart fails thee, climb not at all.
Intelligence without ambition is a bird without wings.
Intelligence without ambition is a bird without wings.
A man's worth is no greater than his ambitions.
A man's worth is no greater than his ambitions.
