(490 quotes found)
“A man's worth is no greater than the worth of his ambitions”
Marcus Aurelius
“Ambition has one heel nailed in well, though she stretch her fingers to touch the heavens.”
Lao Tzu
“Ambition is putting a ladder against the sky.”
American Proverb
“When ambition ends, happiness begins.”
Thomas Merton
“Ambition breaks the ties of blood, and forgets the obligations of gratitude.”
Sallust
“I had ambition not only to go farther than any man had ever been before, but as far as it was possible for a man to go.”
Joseph Conrad
“If we do not know ourselves to be full of pride, ambition, lust, weakness, misery, and injustice, we are indeed blind. And if, knowing this, we do not desire deliverance, what can we say of a man...?”
Blaise Pascal
“Do not let your ambitions become a sanctuary for your failures.”
Bryant H. McGill
“I'm hopeful. I know there is a lot of ambition in Washington, obviously. But I hope the ambitious realize that they are more likely to succeed with success as opposed to failure.”
George W. Bush
“Time is the only critic without ambition.”
John Steinbeck
