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Where there are large powers with little ambition... nature may be said to have fallen short of her purposes.
Where there are large powers with little ambition... nature may be said to have fallen short of her purposes.
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.
Ambition can creep as well as soar.
Ambition can creep as well as soar.
A slave has but one master. An ambitious man has as many as there are people who helped him get read more
A slave has but one master. An ambitious man has as many as there are people who helped him get his fortune.
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.
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.
Ambition is a poor excuse for not having sense enough to be lazy.
Ambition is a poor excuse for not having sense enough to be lazy.
By low ambition and the thirst of praise.
By low ambition and the thirst of praise.
