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| Woman of ambition by James Tissot |
All ambitions are lawful except those which climb upward on the miseries or credulity's of mankind. Joseph Conrad
Here lay the tragedy. Western man is so constituted that he cannot abide contentment. It is the unforgivable sin. He must forever strive towards some unseen goal, whether it be material comfort, a greater and purer God, or some weapon that will make him master of the universe. Daphne Du Maurier
It is my ambition to say in ten sentences what others say in a whole book. Friedrich Nietzsche
The city is ourselves, mirroring with precision our needs and our activities, our values and our aspirations, our confusions and our contradictions. Michael Middleton
All sins have their origin in a sense of inferiority, otherwise called ambition. Cesare Pavese
In the long run men hit only what they aim at. Therefore, though they should fail immediately, they had better aim at something high. Thoreau
To understand the heart and mind of a person, look not at what he has already achieved, but at what he aspires to do. Khalil Gibran
Not every end is the goal. The end of a melody is not its goal, and yet if a melody has not reached its end, it has not reached its goal. Nietzsche
Life is a petty thing unless it is moved by the indomitable urge to extend its boundaries. Only in proportion as we are desirous of living more do we really live. Jose Ortega Y Gasset
On the neck of the young man sparkles no gem as gracious as enterprise. Hafiz
I like a state of continual becoming, with a goal in front and not behind. George Bernard Shaw
What appears to be generosity is often only ambition disguised, which despises small interests to pursue great ones. LA Rochefoucauld
We should be careful as to the play, but indifferent to the ball. Epictetus
We often pass from love to ambition, but we hardly ever return from ambition to love. LA Rochefoucauld
I drink the wine of aspiration and the drug of illusion. Thus I am never dull. John Galsworthy
Wild ambition loves to slide, not stand; and fortunes ice prefers to virtue’s land. John Dryden
Men of age object too much, consult too long, adventure too little, repent too soon, and seldom drive business home to the full period, but content themselves with a mediocrity of success. Francis Bacon
A slave has but one master; an ambitious man has as many masters as there are people who may be useful in bettering his position. LA Bruyere
A man’s aspiration should exceed his success or he begins to die. Gerald Wolfe
If you would hit the mark, you must aim a little above it; every arrow that flies feels the attraction of earth. Longfellow
First, say to yourself what you would be, and then do what you have to do. Epictetus
None will improve your lot if you yourselves will not. Bertolt Brecht
Ambition often puts men upon doing the meanest offices; so climbing is performed in the same posture with creeping. Jonathan Swift
There is a mortal breed most full of futility. In contempt of what is at hand, they strain into the future, hunting impossibilities on the wings of ineffectual hopes. Pindar
The passion to get ahead is sometimes born of the fear lest we be left behind. Eric Hoffer
A man’s worth is no greater than the worth of his ambitions. Marcus Aurelius
If you aspire to the highest place, it is no disgrace to stop at the second, or even the third place. Cicero
The means prepare the end, and the end is what the means have made it. John Morley
People are always neglecting something they can do in trying to do something they can’t do. Edgar Watson Howe
The tallest trees are most in the power of the winds, and ambitious men of the blasts of fortune. William Penn
Aspiration provides man with the reason for living; that being activity. Mary Simmonds
Nothing is so common-place as to wish to be remarkable. Oliver Wendell Holmes
