Hasty climbers have sudden falls. – Italian Proverb
We are told never to cross a bridge until we come to it, but this world is owned by men who have crossed bridges in their imagination far ahead of the crowd. – Anon.
Children, you must remember something. A man without ambition is dead. A man with ambition but no love is dead. A man with ambition and love for his blessings here on earth is ever so alive. – Pearl Bailey
Very few people are ambitious in the sense of having a specific image of what they want to achieve. Most peoples sights are only toward the next run, the next increment of money. – Judith M. Bardwick
Ambition — it is the last infirmity of noble minds. – James Barrie
All ambitions are lawful except those that climb upward on the miseries or credulities of mankind. – Henry Ward Beecher
Ambition. An overmastering desire to be vilified by enemies while living and made ridiculous by friends when dead. – Ambrose Bierce
No bird soars too high if he soars with his own wings. – William Blake
Great ambition is the passion of a great character. Those endowed with it may perform very good or very bad acts. All depends on the principals which direct them. – Napoleon Bonaparte
What I aspired to be and was not, comforts me. – Robert Browning
Tis not what man does which exalts him, but what man Would do! – Robert Browning
Ambition is not what man does… but what man would do. – Robert Browning
There are only two ways of getting on in the world: by ones own industry, or by the stupidity of others. – Jean De La Bruyere
The slave has but one master, the ambitious man has as many as there are persons whose aid may contribute to the advancement of his fortunes. – Jean De La Bruyere
Ambition can creep as well as soar. – Edmund Burke
He who surpasses or subdues mankind, must look down on the hate of those below. – Lord (George Gordon) Byron
As falls the dew on quenchless sands, blood only serves to wash ambitions hands. – Lord (George Gordon) Byron
The men who succeed are the efficient few. They are the few who have the ambition and will power to develop themselves. – Herbert N. Casson
Big results require big ambitions. – James Champy
When you are aspiring to the highest place, it is honorable to reach the second or even the third rank. – Marcus Tullius Cicero
