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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.
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.
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.
We grow small trying to be great.
We grow small trying to be great.
When ambition ends, happiness begins.
When ambition ends, happiness begins.
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.
A noble man compares and estimates himself by an idea which is higher than himself; and a mean man, by read more
A noble man compares and estimates himself by an idea which is higher than himself; and a mean man, by one lower than himself. The one produces aspiration; the other ambition, which is the way in which a vulgar man aspires.
I had no ambition to make a fortune. Mere money-making has never been my goal, I had an ambition to read more
I had no ambition to make a fortune. Mere money-making has never been my goal, I had an ambition to build.