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Ambition is the last refuge of failure.
Ambition is the last refuge of failure.
No steps backward.
[Lat., Vestigia nulla retrorsum.]
No steps backward.
[Lat., Vestigia nulla retrorsum.]
When you are aspiring to the highest place, it is honorable to
the second or even the third rank.
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When you are aspiring to the highest place, it is honorable to
the second or even the third rank.
[Lat., Prima enim sequentem, honestumn est in secundis,
tertiisque consistere.]
Ambition should be made of sterner stuff.
Ambition should be made of sterner stuff.
Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the read more
Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude.
We grow small trying to be great.
We grow small trying to be great.
Aim at the sun and you may not reach it; but your arrow will fly far higher than if you read more
Aim at the sun and you may not reach it; but your arrow will fly far higher than if you had aimed at an object on a level with yourself.
Nothing is too high for the daring of mortals: we would storm
heaven itself in our folly.
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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.]
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.
