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Most people would succeed in small things if they were not
troubled with great ambitions.
Most people would succeed in small things if they were not
troubled with great ambitions.
Intelligence without ambition is a bird without wings.
Intelligence without ambition is a bird without wings.
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.
We grow small trying to be great.
We grow small trying to be great.
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 the path to success. Persistence is the vehicle you arrive in.
Ambition is the path to success. Persistence is the vehicle you arrive in.
But what will not ambition and revenge
Descend to? who aspires must down as low
As high read more
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.
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.
Ambition is like love, impatient both of delays and rivals.
Ambition is like love, impatient both of delays and rivals.
